Information about #CB494B color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #CB494B reads as a clearly saturated earthy red and 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 practically indistinguishable from English Vermillion (#CC474B). Slightly further away sit Faded Red (#D3494E) and Strawberry Red (#C83F49).
In RGB terms — rgb(203, 73, 75) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CB494B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#CB494B color variations
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#CB494B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#CB494B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#CB494B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#CB494B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#CB494B 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 #CB494B color
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Nearest named colors to #CB494B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#CC474B
#D3494E
#C83F49
#CB4154
#C0514A
#D44641
#C24641
#C85241
#BF4F51
#C44240
#CB483B
#CD5851
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#CB494B
- RGB203, 73, 75
- CMYK0, 51, 50, 20
- CSSrgb(203, 73, 75)
- HSL359°, 56%, 54%
- HSL Precise359.077°, 55.556%, 54.118%
- HSV359°, 64%, 80%
- HSB359°, 64%, 80%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.796
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.286
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.294
- GLSLvec3(0.796, 0.286, 0.294)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.796, 0.286, 0.294, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.796, 0.286, 0.294)
- Percentage of Red in RGB79.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB28.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB29.4%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDCB494B
- DECIMAL ID13322571
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
