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#B4979A

#b4979a ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b4979a is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 59.22% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.11% magenta, 14.44% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 353.79°, with 16.2% saturation and 64.9% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.06.

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Relative luminance0.3417

Complementary

  1. #b4979a
  2. #97b4b1

Split complementary

  1. #b4979a
  2. #97b4a2
  3. #97a8b4

Analogous

  1. #b497a8
  2. #b4979a
  3. #b4a297

Triadic

  1. #b4979a
  2. #9ab497
  3. #979ab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4979a
  2. #b4b197
  3. #97b4b1
  4. #979ab4

Square

  1. #b4979a
  2. #a8b497
  3. #97b4b1
  4. #a297b4

Monochromatic

  1. #674b4e
  2. #946b6f
  3. #b4979a
  4. #d4c3c5
  5. #f4f0f0

Shades

#b4979a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4979a
  2. #a2888b
  3. #90797b
  4. #7e6a6c
  5. #6c5b5c
  6. #5a4c4d
  7. #483c3e
  8. #362d2e
  9. #241e1f
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4979a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4979a
  2. #bca1a4
  3. #c3acae
  4. #cbb6b8
  5. #d2c1c2
  6. #dacbcd
  7. #e1d5d7
  8. #e9e0e1
  9. #f0eaeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4979a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4979a
  2. #af9597
  3. #aa9295
  4. #a49092
  5. #9f8e90
  6. #9a8c8d
  7. #95898a
  8. #908788
  9. #8a8585
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79b9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9b9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a09a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6999a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a99c9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89699 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4979a {
  color: #b4979a;
}
Background
.bg-b4979a {
  background-color: #b4979a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4979a {
  border: 2px solid #b4979a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4979a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 151 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 354 16% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4979a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4979a, #b4a297);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4979a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 151 154 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.06 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.81 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.99 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.46 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.63 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.22 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.38 #4b6865 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b4979a  rgb(180, 151, 154)  hsl(354, 16%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#97b4b1  rgb(151, 180, 177)  hsl(174, 16%, 65%)  Opal
#9ab497  rgb(154, 180, 151)  hsl(114, 16%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#979ab4  rgb(151, 154, 180)  hsl(234, 16%, 65%)  Cool Gray