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#B38D94

#b38d94 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b38d94 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 55.29% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.23% magenta, 17.32% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 348.95°, with 20% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.3077

Complementary

  1. #b38d94
  2. #8db3ac

Split complementary

  1. #b38d94
  2. #8db399
  3. #8da7b3

Analogous

  1. #b38da7
  2. #b38d94
  3. #b3998d

Triadic

  1. #b38d94
  2. #94b38d
  3. #8d94b3

Tetradic

  1. #b38d94
  2. #b3ac8d
  3. #8db3ac
  4. #8d94b3

Square

  1. #b38d94
  2. #a7b38d
  3. #8db3ac
  4. #998db3

Monochromatic

  1. #644349
  2. #92616a
  3. #b38d94
  4. #d2bbbf
  5. #f0e9ea

Shades

#b38d94 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b38d94
  2. #a17f85
  3. #8f7176
  4. #7d6368
  5. #6b5559
  6. #5a474a
  7. #48383b
  8. #362a2c
  9. #241c1e
  10. #120e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b38d94 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b38d94
  2. #bb989f
  3. #c2a4a9
  4. #caafb4
  5. #d1bbbf
  6. #d9c6ca
  7. #e1d1d4
  8. #e8dddf
  9. #f0e8ea
  10. #f7f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b38d94 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b38d94
  2. #ae8c92
  3. #a98a90
  4. #a4898e
  5. #9f888c
  6. #9a878a
  7. #948588
  8. #8f8486
  9. #8a8384
  10. #858182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39396 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #929394 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9993 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba8b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09094 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a59494 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b78c91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b38d94 {
  color: #b38d94;
}
Background
.bg-b38d94 {
  background-color: #b38d94;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b38d94 {
  border: 2px solid #b38d94;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b38d94;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 141 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 20% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b38d94 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b38d94, #b3998d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b38d94 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 141 148 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 3.62 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.30 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.32 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.94 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.58 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.26 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 9.41 #4c726b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b38d94  rgb(179, 141, 148)  hsl(349, 20%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#8db3ac  rgb(141, 179, 172)  hsl(169, 20%, 63%)  Opal
#94b38d  rgb(148, 179, 141)  hsl(109, 20%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#8d94b3  rgb(141, 148, 179)  hsl(229, 20%, 63%)  Cool Gray