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#996E7C

#996e7c ≈ Mauve Taupe

  • rose
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#996e7c is a color from the rose family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 43.14% green and 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.1% magenta, 18.95% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 340.47°, with 17.41% saturation and 51.57% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Mauve Taupe (#915f6d), ΔE 5.45.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1938

Complementary

  1. #996e7c
  2. #6e998b

Split complementary

  1. #996e7c
  2. #6e9976
  3. #6e9299

Analogous

  1. #996e92
  2. #996e7c
  3. #99766e

Triadic

  1. #996e7c
  2. #7c996e
  3. #6e7c99

Tetradic

  1. #996e7c
  2. #998b6e
  3. #6e998b
  4. #6e7c99

Square

  1. #996e7c
  2. #92996e
  3. #6e998b
  4. #766e99

Monochromatic

  1. #412d34
  2. #6d4d58
  3. #996e7c
  4. #b99ba5
  5. #d8c8cd

Shades

#996e7c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #996e7c
  2. #8a6370
  3. #7a5863
  4. #6b4d57
  5. #5c424a
  6. #4d373e
  7. #3d2c32
  8. #2e2125
  9. #1f1619
  10. #0f0b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#996e7c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #996e7c
  2. #a37d89
  3. #ad8b96
  4. #b89aa3
  5. #c2a8b0
  6. #ccb7be
  7. #d6c5cb
  8. #e0d4d8
  9. #ebe2e5
  10. #f5f1f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#996e7c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #996e7c
  2. #97707c
  3. #94727d
  4. #92737d
  5. #8f757e
  6. #8d777e
  7. #8a797e
  8. #887b7f
  9. #857c7f
  10. #837e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87757b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73757c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d7d7b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a06c73 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84727c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89777b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9d6d77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-996e7c {
  color: #996e7c;
}
Background
.bg-996e7c {
  background-color: #996e7c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-996e7c {
  border: 2px solid #996e7c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #996e7c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 110 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 340 17% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-996e7c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #996e7c, #99766e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-996e7c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 110 124 / 0.35);
}

#915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 5.45 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 5.49 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.83 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 6.84 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.85 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.64 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 11.19 #669183 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Mauve Taupe
#996e7c  rgb(153, 110, 124)  hsl(340, 17%, 52%)  Mauve Taupe
#6e998b  rgb(110, 153, 139)  hsl(160, 17%, 52%)  Cadet Blue
#7c996e  rgb(124, 153, 110)  hsl(100, 17%, 52%)  Asparagus
#6e7c99  rgb(110, 124, 153)  hsl(220, 17%, 52%)  Slate Gray