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#B30838 Real Salt Lake Claret
#B30838 is a dark, vivid pink, close to the color Cardinal. In RGB it’s made of 70.2% red, 3.1% green, and 22% blue. Its hue is 343°, with 91% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.
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Combinations from the color wheel, built around #B30838.
Split complementary
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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
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About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #B30838 as they’d see it.
#B30838 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
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The Real Salt Lake use #B30838 as their claret. Here is the full team palette.
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Questions about #B30838
What color is #B30838?
#B30838 is a dark, vivid pink, close to the color Cardinal. In RGB it’s made of 70.2% red, 3.1% green, and 22% blue. Its hue is 343°, with 91% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.
What is #B30838 in RGB?
#B30838 is rgb(179, 8, 56): 179 red, 8 green, and 56 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #B30838 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 96, 69, 30). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #B30838?
PANTONE 193 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #B30838?
Its complement #07664A gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.