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#B99595

#b99595 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#b99595 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 58.43% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.46% magenta, 19.46% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 20.45% saturation and 65.49% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #b99595
  2. #95b9b9

Split complementary

  1. #b99595
  2. #95b9a7
  3. #95a7b9

Analogous

  1. #b995a7
  2. #b99595
  3. #b9a795

Triadic

  1. #b99595
  2. #95b995
  3. #9595b9

Tetradic

  1. #b99595
  2. #b9b995
  3. #95b9b9
  4. #9595b9

Square

  1. #b99595
  2. #a7b995
  3. #95b9b9
  4. #a795b9

Monochromatic

  1. #6d4848
  2. #9b6767
  3. #b99595
  4. #d7c3c3
  5. #f6f1f1

Shades

#b99595 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b99595
  2. #a78686
  3. #947777
  4. #826868
  5. #6f5959
  6. #5d4b4b
  7. #4a3c3c
  8. #382d2d
  9. #251e1e
  10. #130f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#b99595 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b99595
  2. #c0a0a0
  3. #c7aaaa
  4. #ceb5b5
  5. #d5bfbf
  6. #dccaca
  7. #e3d5d5
  8. #eadfdf
  9. #f1eaea
  10. #f8f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b99595 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b99595
  2. #b39393
  3. #ae9191
  4. #a88f8f
  5. #a28d8d
  6. #9d8b8b
  7. #978888
  8. #918686
  9. #8b8484
  10. #868282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99a9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9a95 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a095 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c19295 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89895 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac9c95 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #be9395 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b99595 {
  color: #b99595;
}
Background
.bg-b99595 {
  background-color: #b99595;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b99595 {
  border: 2px solid #b99595;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b99595;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 149 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 20% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b99595 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b99595, #b9a795);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b99595 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 149 149 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.83 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.97 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.09 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.22 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.03 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.23 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.37 #466a6a Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#b99595  rgb(185, 149, 149)  hsl(0, 20%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#95b9b9  rgb(149, 185, 185)  hsl(180, 20%, 65%)  Opal
#95b995  rgb(149, 185, 149)  hsl(120, 20%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#9595b9  rgb(149, 149, 185)  hsl(240, 20%, 65%)  Cool Gray