The Bluff Inside Clear Guarding

#aa2c32 RGB(170,44,50)

About this color

The Bluff Inside Clear Guarding is rendered by screens as RGB(170, 44, 50) — a medium-dark, vivid red hue.

#aa2c32RGB(170, 44, 50)

HSL 357° · 59% saturation · 42% 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 formats

Name
The Bluff Inside Clear Guarding
HEX
#aa2c32
RGB
rgb(170,44,50)
RGB%
rgb(66.7%,17.3%,19.6%)
HSL
hsl(357,59%,42%)
HSV
hsv(357,74%,67%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,74,71,33)
LAB
lab(39,51,28)
LCH
lch(39,58,29)
sRGB
(0.667,0.173,0.196)
HEX8
#aa2c32ff
CSS Name
Decimal
170044050

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Color info

Lightness
42%
Saturation
59%
Hue
357°
Chroma
58
Temperature
WarmCool
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