Information about #BB0221 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BB0221 reads as a pure, full-strength warm red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Angels Red (#BA0021). Slightly further away sit Youtube Red (#B2071D) and Cincinnati Red (#C6011F).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(187, 2, 33)), which gives #BB0221 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 6.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BB0221 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BB0221 color variations
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#BB0221 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BB0221 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BB0221 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BB0221 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BB0221 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 #BB0221 color
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Nearest named colors to #BB0221
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BA0021
#B2071D
#C6011F
#B60C26
#C7031E
#AD0020
#C0022F
#AF002A
#B3002F
#AC0019
#BA0C2F
#C9002B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BB0221
- RGB187, 2, 33
- CMYK0, 73, 60, 27
- CSSrgb(187, 2, 33)
- HSL350°, 98%, 37%
- HSL Precise349.946°, 97.884%, 37.059%
- HSV350°, 99%, 73%
- HSB350°, 99%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.008
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
- GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.008, 0.129)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.008, 0.129, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.008, 0.129)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB0.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDBB0221
- DECIMAL ID12255777
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
