What Nuanced Brook with Building

#942814 RGB(148,40,20)

About this color

What Nuanced Brook with Building settles into a dark red territory with a intense quality that feels warm — captured at #942814, RGB(148, 40, 20).

#942814RGB(148, 40, 20)

HSL 9° · 76% saturation · 33% lightness

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Psychology

In its darker registers red becomes serious: ambition, gravitas, and a certain controlled intensity.

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History

Chinese red, associated with luck and celebration for millennia, remains one of the most culturally specific colour associations anywhere in the world.

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Design use

From a design perspective, this shade excels as a primary background in dark themes, a strong border or divider, or a headline colour against a light surface. Combine with lighter tints of the same hue for a cohesive palette.

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Colour pairings

Looking at colour relationships, this red sits opposite blue-green on the colour wheel — that tension creates visual energy. For calmer pairings, warm greys and off-whites let it breathe.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
What Nuanced Brook with Building
HEX
#942814
RGB
rgb(148,40,20)
RGB%
rgb(58%,15.7%,7.8%)
HSL
hsl(9,76%,33%)
HSV
hsv(9,86%,58%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,73,86,42)
LAB
lab(34,44,38)
LCH
lch(34,58,41)
sRGB
(0.58,0.157,0.078)
HEX8
#942814ff
CSS Name
Decimal
148040020

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Color info

Lightness
33%
Saturation
76%
Hue
Chroma
58
Temperature
WarmCool
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