Information about Purplish Red color

#B0054B - Purplish Red color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B0054B, known as "Purplish Red", is classified in the Register under the Rose Color Family, with Full Saturation and Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(176, 5, 75) — 69% red, 2% green, 29.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 67 / 40 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A maximally vivid rose, #B0054B holds a balanced mid-tone. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Colour Me Pink (#A90C50). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cool Red (#A80B44) and Strong Rose (#A80054).

In RGB terms — rgb(176, 5, 75) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #B0054B background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 7.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 3.0:1. The name "Purplish Red" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Purplish Red color variations

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

Purplish Red 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 Purplish Red

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B0054B
  • RGB176, 5, 75
  • CMYK0, 67, 40, 31
  • CSSrgb(176, 5, 75)
  • HSL335°, 94%, 35%
  • HSL Precise335.439°, 94.475%, 35.49%
  • HSV335°, 97%, 69%
  • HSB335°, 97%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.294
  • GLSLvec3(0.690, 0.020, 0.294)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.690, 0.020, 0.294, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.690, 0.020, 0.294)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB29.4%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX IDB0054B
  • DECIMAL ID11535691
  • Name Length12
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