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#B49899

#b49899 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b49899 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 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.56% magenta, 15% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 357.86°, with 15.73% saturation and 65.1% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3446

Complementary

  1. #b49899
  2. #98b4b3

Split complementary

  1. #b49899
  2. #98b4a5
  3. #98a7b4

Analogous

  1. #b498a7
  2. #b49899
  3. #b4a598

Triadic

  1. #b49899
  2. #99b498
  3. #9899b4

Tetradic

  1. #b49899
  2. #b4b398
  3. #98b4b3
  4. #9899b4

Square

  1. #b49899
  2. #a7b498
  3. #98b4b3
  4. #a598b4

Monochromatic

  1. #684b4c
  2. #946c6d
  3. #b49899
  4. #d4c4c5
  5. #f4f1f1

Shades

#b49899 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b49899
  2. #a2898a
  3. #907a7a
  4. #7e6a6b
  5. #6c5b5c
  6. #5a4c4d
  7. #483d3d
  8. #362e2e
  9. #241e1f
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b49899 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b49899
  2. #bca2a3
  3. #c3adad
  4. #cbb7b8
  5. #d2c1c2
  6. #dacccc
  7. #e1d6d6
  8. #e9e0e0
  9. #f0eaeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b49899 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b49899
  2. #af9697
  3. #aa9394
  4. #a49192
  5. #9f8e8f
  6. #9a8c8d
  7. #958a8a
  8. #908788
  9. #8a8585
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89c9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c9c99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a199 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9698 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a69a99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9d99 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89799 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b49899 {
  color: #b49899;
}
Background
.bg-b49899 {
  background-color: #b49899;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b49899 {
  border: 2px solid #b49899;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b49899;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 152 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 16% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b49899 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b49899, #b4a598);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b49899 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 152 153 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.33 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.48 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.42 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.15 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.68 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.55 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 11.09 #4b6766 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b49899  rgb(180, 152, 153)  hsl(358, 16%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#98b4b3  rgb(152, 180, 179)  hsl(178, 16%, 65%)  Opal
#99b498  rgb(153, 180, 152)  hsl(118, 16%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#9899b4  rgb(152, 153, 180)  hsl(238, 16%, 65%)  Cool Gray