Information about #BB3980 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BB3980 reads as a clearly saturated romantic rose and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Medium Red-violet (#BB3385). Slightly further away sit Fandango (#B53389) and Smitten (#C84186).
In RGB terms — rgb(187, 57, 128) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BB3980 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BB3980 color variations
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#BB3980 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BB3980 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BB3980 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BB3980 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BB3980 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BB3980 color
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Nearest named colors to #BB3980
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BB3385
#B53389
#C84186
#CC397B
#AD4379
#BD2E71
#C74375
#AB3475
#A73581
#CC338B
#B5406C
#A63A79
#BB3980 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BB3980
- RGB187, 57, 128
- CMYK0, 51, 23, 27
- CSSrgb(187, 57, 128)
- HSL327°, 53%, 48%
- HSL Precise327.231°, 53.279%, 47.843%
- HSV327°, 70%, 73%
- HSB327°, 70%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.502
- GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.224, 0.502)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.224, 0.502, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.224, 0.502)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB50.2%
- Color FamilyRose
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBB3980
- DECIMAL ID12269952
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
