Information about #B91C24 color

#B91C24 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B91C24 is classified in the Register under the Red Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(185, 28, 36) (72.5% red, 11% green, 14.1% blue), or CMYK 0 / 62 / 58 / 27 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B91C24 is a strongly colored earthy red that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Mary A. Cummings (#B72126). Slightly further away sit Red Cola (#B62020) and Del Toro (#B11D20).

In RGB terms — rgb(185, 28, 36) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B91C24 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B91C24 color variations

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

#B91C24 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 #B91C24

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

Red Cola color link
Red Cola

#B62020

Del Toro color link
Del Toro

#B11D20

Firebrick color link
Firebrick

#B22222

Murdoc Red color link
Murdoc Red

#BC161C

Carnelian color link
Carnelian

#B31B1B

Red Pepper color link
Red Pepper

#BB112A

Upsdell Red color link
Upsdell Red

#AE2029

Wine Red color link
Wine Red

#B11226

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B91C24
  • RGB185, 28, 36
  • CMYK0, 62, 58, 27
  • CSSrgb(185, 28, 36)
  • HSL357°, 74%, 42%
  • HSL Precise356.943°, 73.709%, 41.765%
  • HSV357°, 85%, 73%
  • HSB357°, 85%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.141
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.110, 0.141)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.110, 0.141, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.110, 0.141)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.1%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDB91C24
  • DECIMAL ID12131364
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01