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#B5878B

#b5878b ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b5878b is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 52.94% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.41% magenta, 23.2% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 354.78°, with 23.71% saturation and 61.96% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.91.

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Relative luminance0.2902

Complementary

  1. #b5878b
  2. #87b5b1

Split complementary

  1. #b5878b
  2. #87b59a
  3. #87a2b5

Analogous

  1. #b587a2
  2. #b5878b
  3. #b59a87

Triadic

  1. #b5878b
  2. #8bb587
  3. #878bb5

Tetradic

  1. #b5878b
  2. #b5b187
  3. #87b5b1
  4. #878bb5

Square

  1. #b5878b
  2. #a2b587
  3. #87b5b1
  4. #9a87b5

Monochromatic

  1. #653e42
  2. #945b60
  3. #b5878b
  4. #d2b6b9
  5. #efe6e6

Shades

#b5878b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5878b
  2. #a37a7d
  3. #916c6f
  4. #7f5f61
  5. #6d5153
  6. #5b4446
  7. #483638
  8. #36292a
  9. #241b1c
  10. #120e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5878b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5878b
  2. #bc9397
  3. #c49fa2
  4. #cbabae
  5. #d3b7b9
  6. #dac3c5
  7. #e1cfd1
  8. #e9dbdc
  9. #f0e7e8
  10. #f8f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5878b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5878b
  2. #b0868a
  3. #aa8689
  4. #a58588
  5. #a08487
  6. #9b8486
  7. #958384
  8. #908283
  9. #8b8182
  10. #858181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a28e90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e8e8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99968a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be8388 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f8b8b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5908b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bb858a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5878b {
  color: #b5878b;
}
Background
.bg-b5878b {
  background-color: #b5878b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5878b {
  border: 2px solid #b5878b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5878b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 135 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 355 24% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5878b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5878b, #b59a87);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5878b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 135 139 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.91 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.53 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.54 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.44 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.33 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.24 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 10.21 #4a7874 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b5878b  rgb(181, 135, 139)  hsl(355, 24%, 62%)  Rosy Brown
#87b5b1  rgb(135, 181, 177)  hsl(175, 24%, 62%)  Opal
#8bb587  rgb(139, 181, 135)  hsl(115, 24%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#878bb5  rgb(135, 139, 181)  hsl(235, 24%, 62%)  Cool Gray