Information about #B15547 color

#B15547 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B15547 falls into the Red Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(177, 85, 71) — 69.4% red, 33.3% green, 27.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 36 / 42 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B15547 reads as a clearly saturated earthy red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Alfisol Red (#AA554A). Slightly further away sit Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44) and Apple Blossom (#A95249).

In RGB terms — rgb(177, 85, 71) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #B15547: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#B15547 color variations

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

#B15547 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B15547 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B15547 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B15547 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#B15547 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #B15547

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

Alfisol Red color link
Alfisol Red

#AA554A

Spicy Red Brown color link
Spicy Red Brown

#B35C44

Apple Blossom color link
Apple Blossom

#A95249

Moderate Scarlet color link
Moderate Scarlet

#A8554A

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Deep Chestnut color link
Deep Chestnut

#B94E48

Alter Ego color link
Alter Ego

#AB4C48

Crail color link
Crail

#A65648

Flair color link
Flair

#B94B42

Rose Vale color link
Rose Vale

#AB4E52

Moderate Red color link
Moderate Red

#A84A4A

Wilted Brown color link
Wilted Brown

#AB4C3D

#B15547 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B15547
  • RGB177, 85, 71
  • CMYK0, 36, 42, 31
  • CSSrgb(177, 85, 71)
  • HSL8°, 43%, 49%
  • HSL Precise7.925°, 42.742%, 48.627%
  • HSV8°, 60%, 69%
  • HSB8°, 60%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.694
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.278
  • GLSLvec3(0.694, 0.333, 0.278)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.694, 0.333, 0.278, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.694, 0.333, 0.278)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB69.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB27.8%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB15547
  • DECIMAL ID11621703
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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