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#B49896

#b49896 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b49896 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 59.61% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.56% magenta, 16.67% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 4°, 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.49.

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Relative luminance0.3436

Complementary

  1. #b49896
  2. #96b2b4

Split complementary

  1. #b49896
  2. #96b4a7
  3. #96a3b4

Analogous

  1. #b496a3
  2. #b49896
  3. #b4a796

Triadic

  1. #b49896
  2. #96b498
  3. #9896b4

Tetradic

  1. #b49896
  2. #b2b496
  3. #96b2b4
  4. #9896b4

Square

  1. #b49896
  2. #a3b496
  3. #96b2b4
  4. #a796b4

Monochromatic

  1. #674c4a
  2. #946c6a
  3. #b49896
  4. #d4c4c3
  5. #f4f0ef

Shades

#b49896 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b49896
  2. #a28987
  3. #907a78
  4. #7e6a69
  5. #6c5b5a
  6. #5a4c4b
  7. #483d3c
  8. #362e2d
  9. #241e1e
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b49896 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b49896
  2. #bca2a1
  3. #c3adab
  4. #cbb7b6
  5. #d2c1c0
  6. #dacccb
  7. #e1d6d5
  8. #e9e0e0
  9. #f0eaea
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b49896 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b49896
  2. #af9694
  3. #aa9392
  4. #a4918f
  5. #9f8e8d
  6. #9a8c8b
  7. #958a89
  8. #908787
  9. #8a8584
  10. #858282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79c9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9b96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a096 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9598 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79a96 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9d96 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89697 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b49896 {
  color: #b49896;
}
Background
.bg-b49896 {
  background-color: #b49896;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b49896 {
  border: 2px solid #b49896;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b49896;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 152 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 17% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b49896 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b49896, #b4a796);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b49896 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 152 150 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.49 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.42 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.62 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.44 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.48 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.63 #4b6769 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b49896  rgb(180, 152, 150)  hsl(4, 17%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#96b2b4  rgb(150, 178, 180)  hsl(184, 17%, 65%)  Opal
#96b498  rgb(150, 180, 152)  hsl(124, 17%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#9896b4  rgb(152, 150, 180)  hsl(244, 17%, 65%)  Cool Gray