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#B79998

#b79998 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b79998 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 60% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.39% magenta, 16.94% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 1.94°, with 17.71% saturation and 65.69% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.93.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3512

Complementary

  1. #b79998
  2. #98b6b7

Split complementary

  1. #b79998
  2. #98b7a9
  3. #98a7b7

Analogous

  1. #b798a7
  2. #b79998
  3. #b7a998

Triadic

  1. #b79998
  2. #98b799
  3. #9998b7

Tetradic

  1. #b79998
  2. #b6b798
  3. #98b6b7
  4. #9998b7

Square

  1. #b79998
  2. #a7b798
  3. #98b6b7
  4. #a998b7

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4c4b
  2. #986c6b
  3. #b79998
  4. #d6c6c5
  5. #f6f2f2

Shades

#b79998 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b79998
  2. #a58a89
  3. #927a7a
  4. #806b6a
  5. #6e5c5b
  6. #5c4d4c
  7. #493d3d
  8. #372e2e
  9. #251f1e
  10. #120f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b79998 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b79998
  2. #bea3a2
  3. #c5adad
  4. #cdb8b7
  5. #d4c2c1
  6. #dbcccc
  7. #e2d6d6
  8. #e9e0e0
  9. #f1ebea
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b79998 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b79998
  2. #b29796
  3. #ac9493
  4. #a79291
  5. #a18f8e
  6. #9c8d8c
  7. #968a8a
  8. #918887
  9. #8b8585
  10. #868382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9d9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9d98 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5a298 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be9699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99b98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9f98 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bb9799 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b79998 {
  color: #b79998;
}
Background
.bg-b79998 {
  background-color: #b79998;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b79998 {
  border: 2px solid #b79998;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b79998;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 153 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 18% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b79998 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b79998, #b7a998);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b79998 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 153 152 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.93 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.27 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.47 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.93 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.04 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.23 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 11.10 #486667 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b79998  rgb(183, 153, 152)  hsl(2, 18%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#98b6b7  rgb(152, 182, 183)  hsl(182, 18%, 66%)  Opal
#98b799  rgb(152, 183, 153)  hsl(122, 18%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#9998b7  rgb(153, 152, 183)  hsl(242, 18%, 66%)  Cool Gray