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#B68E8E

#b68e8e ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b68e8e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 55.69% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.98% magenta, 21.98% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 21.51% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 1.54.

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Relative luminance0.3124

Complementary

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #8eb6b6

Split complementary

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #8eb6a2
  3. #8ea2b6

Analogous

  1. #b68ea2
  2. #b68e8e
  3. #b6a28e

Triadic

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #8eb68e
  3. #8e8eb6

Tetradic

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #b6b68e
  3. #8eb6b6
  4. #8e8eb6

Square

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #a2b68e
  3. #8eb6b6
  4. #a28eb6

Monochromatic

  1. #684343
  2. #966161
  3. #b68e8e
  4. #d4bcbc
  5. #f2ebeb

Shades

#b68e8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #a48080
  3. #927272
  4. #7f6363
  5. #6d5555
  6. #5b4747
  7. #493939
  8. #372b2b
  9. #241c1c
  10. #120e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#b68e8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #bd9999
  3. #c5a5a5
  4. #ccb0b0
  5. #d3bbbb
  6. #dbc7c7
  7. #e2d2d2
  8. #e9dddd
  9. #f0e8e8
  10. #f8f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b68e8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b68e8e
  2. #b18d8d
  3. #ab8b8b
  4. #a68a8a
  5. #a08888
  6. #9b8787
  7. #968686
  8. #908484
  9. #8b8383
  10. #858181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95938e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9b8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bf8a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3918e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8968e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bb8c8e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b68e8e {
  color: #b68e8e;
}
Background
.bg-b68e8e {
  background-color: #b68e8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b68e8e {
  border: 2px solid #b68e8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b68e8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 142 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 22% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b68e8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b68e8e, #b6a28e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b68e8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 142 142 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 1.54 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.30 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.33 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.01 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.00 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.20 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 10.25 #497171 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b68e8e  rgb(182, 142, 142)  hsl(0, 22%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#8eb6b6  rgb(142, 182, 182)  hsl(180, 22%, 64%)  Opal
#8eb68e  rgb(142, 182, 142)  hsl(120, 22%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#8e8eb6  rgb(142, 142, 182)  hsl(240, 22%, 64%)  Cool Gray