Information about #B5214B color

#B5214B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5214B falls into the Rose Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 33, 75) — 71% red, 12.9% green, 29.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 58 / 42 / 29. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B5214B reads as a energetic, saturated romantic rose and sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of French Wine (#AC1E44). Nearby in the Register you will also find Amaranth Purple (#AB274F) and Bright Maroon (#C32148).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 33, 75) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.3:1. No one has named #B5214B so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#B5214B color variations

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

#B5214B 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 #B5214B

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

French Wine color link
French Wine

#AC1E44

StitchCraft color link
StitchCraft

#B02A3E

Rose Red color link
Rose Red

#C21E56

Deep Carmine color link
Deep Carmine

#A9203E

Robin Red color link
Robin Red

#A72655

Crash Hot color link
Crash Hot

#AF2E40

Bombshell color link
Bombshell

#AE2F3E

Vibe color link
Vibe

#AC3142

Cardinal color link
Cardinal

#C41E3A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5214B
  • RGB181, 33, 75
  • CMYK0, 58, 42, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 33, 75)
  • HSL343°, 69%, 42%
  • HSL Precise342.973°, 69.159%, 41.961%
  • HSV343°, 82%, 71%
  • HSB343°, 82%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.129, 0.294)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.129, 0.294, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.129, 0.294)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29.4%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB5214B
  • DECIMAL ID11870539
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01