Information about #B05840 color

#B05840 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B05840 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(176, 88, 64) — 69% red, 34.5% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 44 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B05840 is a clearly saturated earthy red that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Brown Rust (#AF593E). Slightly further away sit Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44) and Rhapsody (#AD603C).

In RGB terms — rgb(176, 88, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #B05840: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B05840 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B05840 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #B05840

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Alfisol Red color link
Alfisol Red

#AA554A

Crail color link
Crail

#A65648

Wilted Brown color link
Wilted Brown

#AB4C3D

Alter Ego color link
Alter Ego

#AB4C48

Oh Behave color link
Oh Behave

#BE523F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B05840
  • RGB176, 88, 64
  • CMYK0, 35, 44, 31
  • CSSrgb(176, 88, 64)
  • HSL13°, 47%, 47%
  • HSL Precise12.857°, 46.667%, 47.059%
  • HSV13°, 64%, 69%
  • HSB13°, 64%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.345
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.690, 0.345, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.690, 0.345, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.690, 0.345, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB34.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB05840
  • DECIMAL ID11556928
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01