CI 15850 (Lithol Rubine B)
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 6363
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
CI 15850 (Lithol Rubine B): Allowed with restrictions, maximum 0.4% in the ready-for-use preparation, only in: Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products (Annex III, entry 296); colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV, entry 27), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Colorant: colours cosmetics and/or imparts colour to the skin and/or its appendages.
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
An ingredient can be used as a colorant only if it appears on the list of Annex IV. <function plain_language.<locals>.name at 0x7f7804e05440> is on it with a warning to print.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
This entry covers the same substance as CI 15850 (same CAS number in the CosIng inventory): its conditions apply.
- Entry
- Annex III, No 296
- Substance
- Disodium 3-hydroxy-4-[(E)-(4- methyl-2-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]-2-naphthoate
- Glossary names
- Pigment Red 57
- CAS
- 5858-81-1
- EC
- 227-497-9
- Product type
- Hair dye substance in non-oxidative hair dye products
- Maximum concentration
- 0,4 %
Dates in the act (4)
- Application from 10 August 2015
It shall apply from 10 August 2015, except the provisions in point 2 of the Annex which shall apply from 10 August 2016.
- Entry into force on 10 August 2015
- Application from 10 August 2016
It shall apply from 10 August 2015, except the provisions in point 2 of the Annex which shall apply from 10 August 2016.
- Entry into force on 10 August 2016
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Colorant allowed under conditions
- Entry
- Annex IV, No 27
- Substance
- Disodium 3-hydroxy-4-[(4-methyl-2-sulphonatophenyl)azo]-2-naphthoate and its insoluble barium, strontium and zirconium lakes, salts and pigments
- Glossary names
- CI 15850
- EC
- 226-109-5
- Warnings
- Purity criteria as set out in Commission Directive 95/45/EC (E 180)
Dates in the act (10)
- Entry into force on 11 January 2010
- Application from 1 December 2010
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 1 December 2010
- Condition applicable from 11 January 2012
As from 11 January 2012, by way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, notification carried out in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation shall be considered to comply with Article 7(3) and Article 7a(4) of that Directive
- Application from 11 January 2013
July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall apply from 11 January 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 January 2013
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013, with the exception of: — Article 15(1) and (2) which shall apply from 1 December 2010, as well as Articles 14, 31 and 32 to the extent that they are necessary to apply Article 15(1) and (2); and — Article 16(3) second subparagraph, which shall appl
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
- Placing on the market before 11 July 2013
Article 39 Transitional provisions By way of derogation from Directive 76/768/EEC, cosmetic products which comply with this Regulation may be placed on the market before 11 July 2013.
- Placing on the market from 11 July 2013
As from 11 July 2013, a distributor who makes available in a Member State a cosmetic product already placed on the market in another Member State and translates, on his own initiative, any element of the labelling of that product in order to comply with national law, shall submit, by electronic means, the following info
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 32720
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 5858-81-1
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 227-497-9
- Declared functions
- Colorant, Hair dyeing
- Wikidata
- Q427230
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.024.998
The CAS number cited by CosIng also covers 1 other INCI name: it designates a family of substances, not this ingredient alone.
EU product alerts (Safety Gate)
1 alert on cosmetic products cite this name in their hazard description. An alert targets a specific product, not the ingredient itself; each alert states the reason (prohibited substance, limit exceeded, missing labelling, and so on).
- 1 August 2014: Make-up stick, R.U.T.E. Promotion, Germany (“Other risk levels”) alert
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
- Colorant allowed under conditions (Annex IV)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Allowed colorant: 적색 201 호 (리톨루빈 B, Lithol Rubine B) CI 15850 (Lithol Rubine B)
색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 32, page 3. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 비고: 타르색소
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
154 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.