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#B39499

#b39499 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b39499 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 58.04% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.32% magenta, 14.53% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 350.32°, with 16.94% saturation and 64.12% 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 7.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3306

Complementary

  1. #b39499
  2. #94b3ae

Split complementary

  1. #b39499
  2. #94b39f
  3. #94a9b3

Analogous

  1. #b394a9
  2. #b39499
  3. #b39f94

Triadic

  1. #b39499
  2. #99b394
  3. #9499b3

Tetradic

  1. #b39499
  2. #b3ae94
  3. #94b3ae
  4. #9499b3

Square

  1. #b39499
  2. #a9b394
  3. #94b3ae
  4. #9f94b3

Monochromatic

  1. #66484d
  2. #92686f
  3. #b39499
  4. #d3c1c4
  5. #f3edee

Shades

#b39499 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b39499
  2. #a1858a
  3. #8f767a
  4. #7d686b
  5. #6b595c
  6. #5a4a4d
  7. #483b3d
  8. #362c2e
  9. #241e1f
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b39499 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b39499
  2. #bb9fa3
  3. #c2a9ad
  4. #cab4b8
  5. #d1bfc2
  6. #d9cacc
  7. #e1d4d6
  8. #e8dfe0
  9. #f0eaeb
  10. #f7f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b39499 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b39499
  2. #ae9297
  3. #a99094
  4. #a48e92
  5. #9f8c8f
  6. #9a8a8d
  7. #94888a
  8. #8f8688
  9. #8a8485
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5999b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #989899 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9e98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a49799 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a89a99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79397 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b39499 {
  color: #b39499;
}
Background
.bg-b39499 {
  background-color: #b39499;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b39499 {
  border: 2px solid #b39499;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b39499;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 148 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 17% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b39499 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b39499, #b39f94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b39499 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 148 153 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.60 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.54 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.14 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.18 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.41 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.48 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.82 #4c6b66 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b39499  rgb(179, 148, 153)  hsl(350, 17%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#94b3ae  rgb(148, 179, 174)  hsl(170, 17%, 64%)  Opal
#99b394  rgb(153, 179, 148)  hsl(110, 17%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#9499b3  rgb(148, 153, 179)  hsl(230, 17%, 64%)  Cool Gray