The Durable Bluff within Cooling

#b2364b RGB(178,54,75)

About this color

The Durable Bluff within Cooling is rendered by screens as RGB(178, 54, 75) — a medium-dark, vivid red hue.

#b2364bRGB(178, 54, 75)

HSL 350° · 53% saturation · 45% lightness

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Psychology

Red at medium lightness is perhaps the most attention-commanding hue in the spectrum — associated with urgency, passion, and confidence.

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History

Red ochre is among the oldest pigments used by humans — found in cave paintings dating back over 70,000 years, suggesting an early and enduring fascination with this hue.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, pair this red with navy for classic contrast, with gold for a rich celebratory feel, or with soft pink and dusty rose for tonal warmth.

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Color formats

Name
The Durable Bluff within Cooling
HEX
#b2364b
RGB
rgb(178,54,75)
RGB%
rgb(69.8%,21.2%,29.4%)
HSL
hsl(350,53%,45%)
HSV
hsv(350,70%,70%)
CMYK
cmyk(0,70,58,30)
LAB
lab(42,51,17)
LCH
lch(42,54,18)
sRGB
(0.698,0.212,0.294)
HEX8
#b2364bff
CSS Name
Decimal
178054075

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Color info

Lightness
45%
Saturation
53%
Hue
350°
Chroma
54
Temperature
WarmCool
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