#b37e80 Color Information

#b37e80 Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #b37e80. In RGB, it consists of 70.2% Red, 49.4% Green, and 50.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 29.6% Magenta, 28.5% Yellow, and 29.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 357.7°, with saturation of 25.9% and lightness of 59.8%. The decimal value for #b37e80 is 11763328, and its nearest "web safe" color is #cc6699. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #b37e80 is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#b37e80 Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color179, 126, 128 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color70.2%, 49.4%, 50.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.298, 0.506, 0.498 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.296, 0.285, 0.298 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color357.7°, 25.9%, 59.8% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color357.7°, 29.6%, 70.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color29.948, 26.064, 23.875 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color179, 126, 128 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code11763328 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color58.098, 20.847, 7.153 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)58.098, 22.040, 18.937 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color58.098, 34.270, 5.989 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color51.053, 15.365, 8.010 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.375, 0.326, 26.064 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4289953408 / 0xffb37e80 Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#cc6699 Copy
Last Updated: November 20, 2024

Shades of #b37e80

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #b37e80, its pure hue is 357.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 25.9%, and its lightness is 59.8%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #b37e80, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #161010 to #9d6e70.

Tints of #b37e80

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #b37e80, its pure hue is 357.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 25.9%, and its lightness is 59.8%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #b37e80, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #bd8e90 to #f6efef.

Tones of #b37e80

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #b37e80, its pure hue is 357.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 25.9%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #b37e80, which range from #999999 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff323a (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #b37e80

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #b37e80! For #b37e80, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #b37e80. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #b37e80

This color, #b37e80, consists of 70.2% Red, 49.4% Green, and 50.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 179, Green = 126, Blue = 128. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #b37e80 is 0% Cyan, 29.6% Magenta, 28.5% Yellow, and 29.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R70.2%
C0.0%
G49.4%
M29.6%
B50.2%
Y28.5%
K29.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 179 126 128
Octal 263 176 200
Hexa #b3 #7e #80
Binary 10110011 01111110 10000000
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 29 28 29
Octal 0 35 34 35
Hexa #00 #1d #1c #1d
Binary 00000000 00011101 00011100 00011101

Analogous Colors of #b37e80

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #b37e80 — which has hue 357.7° — its analogous colors are located at 27.7° and 357.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b37e80.

Triadic Colors of #b37e80

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #b37e80 — which has hue 357.7° — its triadic colors are located at 117.7° and 357.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b37e80.

Complementary Color of #b37e80

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #b37e80 — which has hue 357.7° — its complementary color is located at 177.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b37e80.

Split Complementary Colors of #b37e80

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #b37e80 — which has hue 357.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 147.7° and 357.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b37e80.

Tetradic Colors of #b37e80

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #b37e80 — which has hue 357.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 267.7°, 357.7°, 87.7°, and 177.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #b37e80.

Monochromatic Colors of #b37e80

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #b37e80, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #725859 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #e0b8b9 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #b37e80

We want to make getting started with #b37e80 on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #b37e80 into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #b37e80 can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #b37e80 with other HTML elements.

#b37e80 Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #b37e80.
<span style="color: #b37e80;">The color of this text is #b37e80.</span>

#b37e80 Background Color

The background color for this text is #b37e80.
<div style="background-color: #b37e80; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #b37e80.</div>

#b37e80 Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #b37e80.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #b37e80;">This color for the shadow of this text is #b37e80.</span>

#b37e80 Border Color

This is a div with border color #b37e80.
<div style="border: #b37e80 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #b37e80.</div>

#b37e80 Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #b37e80 on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #b37e80; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #b37e80 on a white background.</div></div>

#b37e80 Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #b37e80 on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #b37e80; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #b37e80 on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #b37e80 to White

This is a gradient from #b37e80 to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#b37e80,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #b37e80 to white.</div>

Gradient from #b37e80 to Black

This is a gradient from #b37e80 to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#b37e80,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#b37e80,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #b37e80 to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #b37e80

In addition to using #b37e80 on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #b37e80 in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #b37e80, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 179, Green = 126, Blue = 128). If you need details about the color coordinates of #b37e80 in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #b37e80
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(179, 126, 128)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #b37e80; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #b37e80; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #b37e80; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(179, 126, 128);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#b37e80")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:179, green:126, blue:128, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:179 green:126 blue:128 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(179f, 126f, 128f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(179, 126, 128);
 

#b37e80 Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #b37e80 the same way. For those with color blindness, #b37e80 might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #b37e80 looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #b37e80 is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #b37e80 looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #b37e80 will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #b37e80 is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.4:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #b37e80 would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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