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Everything about the color Cinnabar
The meaning of the color Cinnabar and color combinations to inspire your next design.
Cinnabar is spicy red orange-like the mineral. Because of its color, it was used as a pigment and carved into jewelry in ancient times. However, after having discovered that it is toxic — being an important ore of mercury — the use was discontinued.
With color ranging from cinnamon to scarlet, cinnabar has the heat of red, vibrancy of orange, and the earthiness of brown. The cinnabar hex code is #E34234.
It blends effortlessly with nearby colors — oranges, neutrals, and even yellows — and helps turquoises and blues pop.
Looking for a different hue? The following colors are related to cinnabar.
Information about Cinnabar / #E34234
In a RGB color space (made from three colored lights for red, green, and blue), hex #E34234 is made of 89% red, 25.9% green and 20.4% blue. In a CMYK color space (also known as process color, or four color, and used in color printing), hex #E34234 is made of 0% cyan, 71% magenta, 77% yellow and 11% black. Cinnabar has a hue angle of 4.8 degrees, a saturation of 75.8% and a lightness of 54.7%.
Color conversion
The hexadecimal color #E34234 has RGB values of R: 89, G: 25.9, B: 20.4 and CMYK values of C: 0, M: 0.71, Y: 0.77, K:0.11.
| Value | CSS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hex | e34234 | #e34234 |
| RGB Decimal | 227, 66, 52 | rgb(227,66,52) |
| RGB Percentage | 89, 25.9, 20.4 | rgb(89%, 25.9%, 20.4%) |
| CMYK | 0, 71, 77, 11 | |
| HSL | 4.8°, 75.8, 54.7 | hsl(4.8°, 75.8%, 54.7%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | 4.8°, 77.1, 89 | |
| Web Safe | cc3333 | #cc3333 |
| CIE-LAB | 52.376, 61.081, 44.419 | |
| XYZ | 34.251, 20.481, 5.398 | |
| xyY | 0.57, 0.341, 20.481 | |
| CIE-LCH | 52.376, 75.524, 36.025 | |
| CIE-LUV | 52.376, 126.115, 32.028 | |
| Hunter-Lab | 45.255, 59.241, 22.995 | |
| Binary | 11100011, 01000010, 00110100 |
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