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#B36670

Rose Gold · medium warm red

About #B36670

With the hex code #B36670, this is a medium red with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 40% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 37% yellow and 30% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Rose Gold — a ΔE of 3.5 — followed by Old Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #66B3A9, a tiffany blue shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 5.05:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

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Red179
Green102
Blue112

Closest named colours

Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 3.5
Old Rose
#C08081 · ΔE 10.8
Clay
#B66A50 · ΔE 20.1

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #B36670

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #B36670.
4.16:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #B36670.
5.05:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B36670 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B36670
Protanopia (no red cones)
#747370
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#87826E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C05E6A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B36670?

With the hex code #B36670, this is a medium red with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 40% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 43% magenta, 37% yellow and 30% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B36670?

Use black text. Black on #B36670 has a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #B36670?

Its complementary colour is #66B3A9, and analogous partners are #B36697 and #B38366.