Color #B15940

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B15940 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(177, 89, 64) — 69.4% red, 34.9% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 44 / 31. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#B15940 is a pleasantly vivid red that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit 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(177, 89, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #B15940: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. No one has named #B15940 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B15940 color variations

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

#B15940 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.

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White

#B15940 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.

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Black

#B15940 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.

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Grey

#B15940 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.

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#B15940 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

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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

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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

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Triadic

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

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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

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Square

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

Square color scheme

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Nearest named colors to #B15940

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

Brown Rust

#AF593E

Spicy Red Brown

#B35C44

Rhapsody

#AD603C

Redbud

#B85439

Alfisol Red

#AA554A

Crail

#A65648

Apple Blossom

#A95249

Moderate Scarlet

#A8554A

Wilted Brown

#AB4C3D

Oh Behave

#BE523F

Orange Roughy

#A85335

Flame Pea

#BE5C48

#B15940 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#B15940 color solid HD wallpaper 3840x2160 (Desktop)

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#B15940 color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

HEX#B15940
RGB177, 89, 64
CMYK0, 35, 44, 31
CSSrgb(177, 89, 64)

HSL13°, 47%, 47%
HSL Precise13.274°, 46.888%, 47.255%
HSV13°, 64%, 69%
HSB13°, 64%, 69%

Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.694
Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.349
Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251

GLSLvec3(0.694, 0.349, 0.251)
GLSL with alphavec4(0.694, 0.349, 0.251, 1.000)
HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.694, 0.349, 0.251)

Percentage of Red in RGB69.4%
Percentage of Green in RGB34.9%
Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%

Color FamilyRed
Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
Lightness FamilyLight

HEX IDB15940
DECIMAL ID11622720
Name LengthThis color has no name

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