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Ruby

A natural ruby
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E0115F
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(224, 17, 95)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 92%, 88%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(48, 130, 1°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone and is a shade of red or pink.

^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ruby in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ruby is displayed on page 35, Plate 6, Color Sample G6.