Information about #BB0073 color

#BB0073 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BB0073 falls into the Rose Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 0, 115) — 73.3% red, 0% green, 45.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 73 / 28 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BB0073 reads as a intensely saturated pink-red rose and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. 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 Strong Cerise (#A80069). Slightly further away sit Strong Fuchsia (#A8007E) and Flirt (#A2006D).

The recipe behind #BB0073 is rgb(187, 0, 115), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 6.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.4:1. #BB0073 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BB0073 color variations

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

#BB0073 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 #BB0073

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#BB0073
  • RGB187, 0, 115
  • CMYK0, 73, 28, 27
  • CSSrgb(187, 0, 115)
  • HSL323°, 100%, 37%
  • HSL Precise323.102°, 100%, 36.667%
  • HSV323°, 100%, 73%
  • HSB323°, 100%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.000
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.000, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.000, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.000, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB0%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDBB0073
  • DECIMAL ID12255347
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01