#B60756

sRGB · 182 / 7 / 86

#B60756 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 182 red, 7 green and 86 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 332.9° lands in the rose region. Its 92.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 37.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 182, 7, 86
HSL: 332.91°, 92.59%, 37.06%
HSV / HSB: 332.91°, 96.15%, 71.37%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 96.15%, 52.75%, 28.63%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 21.046, 10.771, 9.775
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 39.192, 64.601, 5.610
WCAG relative luminance: 0.10769
24-bit decimal: 11929430

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B60756 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.15:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 6.66:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#07B667 sits half a turn (180°) from #B60756 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B60756 #07B667

Analogous

#B607AD and #B60F07 sit 30° to either side of #B60756. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#B607AD #B60756 #B60F07

Triadic

#B60756, #56B607 and #0756B6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B60756 #56B607 #0756B6

Split complementary

Start at #B60756 and look across the wheel. #07B60F and #07AEB6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B60756 #07B60F #07AEB6

Square

Starting with #B60756, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEB607, #07B667, then #1007B6. Across the square, #B60756 pairs with #07B667, and #AEB607 with #1007B6.

#B60756 #AEB607 #07B667 #1007B6

Tetradic

#B60756 and #07B667 are opposites, as are #B66707 and #0756B6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B60756 #B66707 #07B667 #0756B6

Tints

Mixing #B60756 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C53978, keeps 80% of the original. By #F0CDDD, the mixture is 80% white.

#B60756 #C53978 #D36A9A #E29CBB #F0CDDD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B60756 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #920645, keeps 80% of the original. By #240111, the mixture is 80% black.

#B60756 #920645 #6D0434 #490322 #240111 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B60756 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AB1F5E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8B6878, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B60756 #AB1F5E #A03767 #96506F #8B6878 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B60756

RGB

rgb(182 7 86)

HSL

hsl(332.914 92.593% 37.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B60756;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B60756 uses 182 red, 7 green and 86 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 71.4%

Green 2.7%

Blue 33.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B60756 is 0.0% cyan, 96.2% magenta, 52.7% yellow and 28.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 96.2%

Yellow 52.7%

Black 28.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB0055. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B05 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B60756 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB0055 Nearest web-safe · #CC0066

Gradient to complement

#B60756 #992459 #7C415C #5F5F5F #417C61 #249964 #07B667

Color vision previews

Compare how #B60756 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#424857

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#6D6752

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C70032

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7C4055

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#875553

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B70C4C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#5C5C5C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#924259

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.46778 G 0.00212 B 0.09306

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.65389 G 0.14090 B 0.33693

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.38511 G 0.01758 B 0.09288

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.506 y 0.259 Y 10.771

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 28.627 M % 97.255 Y % 66.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10110110 00000111 01010110