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Information about #B50D08 color

#B50D08 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B50D08 falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 13, 8) — 71% red, 5.1% green, 3.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 66 / 68 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B50D08 reads as a pure, full-strength earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Mordant Red 19 (#AE0C00). Slightly further away sit Tomato Sauce (#B21807) and Naga Red (#AB0707).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 13, 8) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #B50D08: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B50D08 color variations

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

#B50D08 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 #B50D08

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

Tomato Sauce color link
Tomato Sauce

#B21807

Naga Red color link
Naga Red

#AB0707

Goomba color link
Goomba

#BC0500

UE Red color link
UE Red

#BA0001

Darkish Red color link
Darkish Red

#A90308

Vibrant Ruby color link
Vibrant Ruby

#A7080D

Red Thread color link
Red Thread

#A81900

Rufous color link
Rufous

#A81C07

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B50D08
  • RGB181, 13, 8
  • CMYK0, 66, 68, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 13, 8)
  • HSL2°, 92%, 37%
  • HSL Precise1.734°, 91.534%, 37.059%
  • HSV2°, 96%, 71%
  • HSB2°, 96%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.051
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.031
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.051, 0.031)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.051, 0.031, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.051, 0.031)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB5.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB50D08
  • DECIMAL ID11865352
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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