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#B4969A

#b4969a ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b4969a is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 58.82% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 14.44% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 352°, with 16.67% saturation and 64.71% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #b4969a
  2. #96b4b0

Split complementary

  1. #b4969a
  2. #96b4a1
  3. #96a9b4

Analogous

  1. #b496a9
  2. #b4969a
  3. #b4a196

Triadic

  1. #b4969a
  2. #9ab496
  3. #969ab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4969a
  2. #b4b096
  3. #96b4b0
  4. #969ab4

Square

  1. #b4969a
  2. #a9b496
  3. #96b4b0
  4. #a196b4

Monochromatic

  1. #674a4e
  2. #946a6f
  3. #b4969a
  4. #d4c3c5
  5. #f4eff0

Shades

#b4969a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4969a
  2. #a2878b
  3. #90787b
  4. #7e696c
  5. #6c5a5c
  6. #5a4b4d
  7. #483c3e
  8. #362d2e
  9. #241e1f
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4969a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4969a
  2. #bca1a4
  3. #c3abae
  4. #cbb6b8
  5. #d2c0c2
  6. #dacbcd
  7. #e1d5d7
  8. #e9e0e1
  9. #f0eaeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4969a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4969a
  2. #af9497
  3. #aa9295
  4. #a48f92
  5. #9f8d90
  6. #9a8b8d
  7. #95898a
  8. #908788
  9. #8a8485
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79a9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9a9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19f99 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9497 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5999a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a99c9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89598 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4969a {
  color: #b4969a;
}
Background
.bg-b4969a {
  background-color: #b4969a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4969a {
  border: 2px solid #b4969a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4969a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 150 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 17% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4969a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4969a, #b4a196);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4969a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 150 154 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.82 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.64 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.45 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.23 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.60 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.89 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.90 #4b6965 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b4969a  rgb(180, 150, 154)  hsl(352, 17%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#96b4b0  rgb(150, 180, 176)  hsl(172, 17%, 65%)  Opal
#9ab496  rgb(154, 180, 150)  hsl(112, 17%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#969ab4  rgb(150, 154, 180)  hsl(232, 17%, 65%)  Cool Gray