When the Loyal Acre by Sowing

#dd3828 RGB(221,56,40)

About this color

When the Loyal Acre by Sowing is rendered by screens as RGB(221, 56, 40) — a medium, vivid red hue.

#dd3828RGB(221, 56, 40)

HSL 5° · 73% saturation · 51% lightness

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Psychology

Red at medium lightness is perhaps the most attention-commanding hue in the spectrum — associated with urgency, passion, and confidence.

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History

Red ochre is among the oldest pigments used by humans — found in cave paintings dating back over 70,000 years, suggesting an early and enduring fascination with this hue.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, pair this red with navy for classic contrast, with gold for a rich celebratory feel, or with soft pink and dusty rose for tonal warmth.

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Color Categories

Color formats

Name
When the Loyal Acre by Sowing
HEX
#dd3828
RGB
rgb(221,56,40)
RGB%
rgb(86.7%,22%,15.7%)
HSL
hsl(5,73%,51%)
HSV
hsv(5,82%,87%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,75,82,13)
LAB
lab(50,62,48)
LCH
lch(50,78,38)
sRGB
(0.867,0.22,0.157)
HEX8
#dd3828ff
CSS Name
Decimal
221056040

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Color info

Lightness
51%
Saturation
73%
Hue
Chroma
78
Temperature
WarmCool
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