Information about #B55D45 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#B55D45 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 93, 69) — 71% red, 36.5% green, 27.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 44 / 29. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #B55D45 reads as a confidently colored earthy red and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Flame Pea (#BE5C48) and Brown Rust (#AF593E).

The recipe behind #B55D45 is rgb(181, 93, 69), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B55D45: 4.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B55D45 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B55D45 color variations

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#B55D45 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 #B55D45

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B55D45
  • RGB181, 93, 69
  • CMYK0, 35, 44, 29
  • CSSrgb(181, 93, 69)
  • HSL13°, 45%, 49%
  • HSL Precise12.857°, 44.8%, 49.02%
  • HSV13°, 62%, 71%
  • HSB13°, 62%, 71%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.365
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.271
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.365, 0.271)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.365, 0.271, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.365, 0.271)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB55D45
  • DECIMAL ID11885893
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01