Information about #B9393D color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated earthy red, #B9393D 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 almost identical to Bliss (#B3393E). Slightly further away sit Dull Red (#BB3F3F) and Red Sox Red (#BD3039).
In RGB terms — rgb(185, 57, 61) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B9393D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#B9393D color variations
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#B9393D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#B9393D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#B9393D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#B9393D color hues
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#B9393D 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 #B9393D color
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Nearest named colors to #B9393D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#B3393E
#BB3F3F
#BD3039
#B03737
#AD3539
#C3423B
#C44240
#AF4035
#BC3F4A
#AE2F3E
#AF2E40
#AC3142
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B9393D
- RGB185, 57, 61
- CMYK0, 50, 49, 27
- CSSrgb(185, 57, 61)
- HSL358°, 53%, 47%
- HSL Precise358.125°, 52.893%, 47.451%
- HSV358°, 69%, 73%
- HSB358°, 69%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.224
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.239
- GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.224, 0.239)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.224, 0.239, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.224, 0.239)
- Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB22.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB23.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDB9393D
- DECIMAL ID12138813
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
