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#B4969D

#b4969d ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b4969d 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 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 12.78% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 346°, 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.3395

Complementary

  1. #b4969d
  2. #96b4ad

Split complementary

  1. #b4969d
  2. #96b49e
  3. #96acb4

Analogous

  1. #b496ac
  2. #b4969d
  3. #b49e96

Triadic

  1. #b4969d
  2. #9db496
  3. #969db4

Tetradic

  1. #b4969d
  2. #b4ad96
  3. #96b4ad
  4. #969db4

Square

  1. #b4969d
  2. #acb496
  3. #96b4ad
  4. #9e96b4

Monochromatic

  1. #674a51
  2. #946a73
  3. #b4969d
  4. #d4c3c7
  5. #f4eff0

Shades

#b4969d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4969d
  2. #a2878d
  3. #90787e
  4. #7e696e
  5. #6c5a5e
  6. #5a4b4f
  7. #483c3f
  8. #362d2f
  9. #241e1f
  10. #120f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4969d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4969d
  2. #bca1a7
  3. #c3abb1
  4. #cbb6ba
  5. #d2c0c4
  6. #dacbce
  7. #e1d5d8
  8. #e9e0e2
  9. #f0eaeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4969d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4969d
  2. #af949a
  3. #aa9297
  4. #a48f94
  5. #9f8d91
  6. #9a8b8f
  7. #95898c
  8. #908789
  9. #8a8486
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79b9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9b9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a09f9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9498 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5999d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a99c9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7959a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4969d {
  color: #b4969d;
}
Background
.bg-b4969d {
  background-color: #b4969d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4969d {
  border: 2px solid #b4969d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4969d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 150 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 17% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4969d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4969d, #b49e96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4969d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 150 157 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.39 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.70 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.13 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.90 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.49 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.90 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.21 #4b6962 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b4969d  rgb(180, 150, 157)  hsl(346, 17%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#96b4ad  rgb(150, 180, 173)  hsl(166, 17%, 65%)  Opal
#9db496  rgb(157, 180, 150)  hsl(106, 17%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#969db4  rgb(150, 157, 180)  hsl(226, 17%, 65%)  Cool Gray