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#BA796D

#ba796d ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ba796d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 47.45% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.95% magenta, 41.4% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 9.35°, with 35.81% saturation and 57.84% 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 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 5.82.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2522

Complementary

  1. #ba796d
  2. #6daeba

Split complementary

  1. #ba796d
  2. #6dba9f
  3. #6d87ba

Analogous

  1. #ba6d87
  2. #ba796d
  3. #ba9f6d

Triadic

  1. #ba796d
  2. #6dba79
  3. #796dba

Tetradic

  1. #ba796d
  2. #aeba6d
  3. #6daeba
  4. #796dba

Square

  1. #ba796d
  2. #87ba6d
  3. #6daeba
  4. #9f6dba

Monochromatic

  1. #60352e
  2. #945246
  3. #ba796d
  4. #d3a9a1
  5. #ebd8d5

Shades

#ba796d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba796d
  2. #a76d62
  3. #956157
  4. #82554c
  5. #704941
  6. #5d3d37
  7. #4a302c
  8. #382421
  9. #251816
  10. #130c0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba796d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba796d
  2. #c1867c
  3. #c8948a
  4. #cfa199
  5. #d6afa7
  6. #ddbcb6
  7. #e3c9c5
  8. #ead7d3
  9. #f1e4e2
  10. #f8f2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba796d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba796d
  2. #b47a6f
  3. #ae7a71
  4. #a97b73
  5. #a37c75
  6. #9d7d77
  7. #977d78
  8. #917e7a
  9. #8c7f7c
  10. #867f7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f837f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88826c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978f6c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c87076 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e7e6c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6876d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c27472 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba796d {
  color: #ba796d;
}
Background
.bg-ba796d {
  background-color: #ba796d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba796d {
  border: 2px solid #ba796d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba796d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 121 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 36% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba796d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba796d, #ba9f6d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba796d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 121 109 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.82 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.86 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.91 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.08 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.27 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 10.13 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.32 #458692 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Old Rose
#ba796d  rgb(186, 121, 109)  hsl(9, 36%, 58%)  Old Rose
#6daeba  rgb(109, 174, 186)  hsl(189, 36%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#6dba79  rgb(109, 186, 121)  hsl(129, 36%, 58%)  Emerald
#796dba  rgb(121, 109, 186)  hsl(249, 36%, 58%)  Medium Purple