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#BB565D

#bb565d ≈ Brick Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb565d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 33.73% green and 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 54.01% magenta, 50.27% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 355.84°, with 42.62% saturation and 53.53% 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 4.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brick Red (#cb4154), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.1801

Complementary

  1. #bb565d
  2. #56bbb4

Split complementary

  1. #bb565d
  2. #56bb81
  3. #5690bb

Analogous

  1. #bb5690
  2. #bb565d
  3. #bb8156

Triadic

  1. #bb565d
  2. #5dbb56
  3. #565dbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb565d
  2. #bbb456
  3. #56bbb4
  4. #565dbb

Square

  1. #bb565d
  2. #90bb56
  3. #56bbb4
  4. #8156bb

Monochromatic

  1. #562226
  2. #8c383e
  3. #bb565d
  4. #d18d91
  5. #e7c3c6

Shades

#bb565d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb565d
  2. #a84d54
  3. #96454a
  4. #833c41
  5. #703438
  6. #5e2b2f
  7. #4b2225
  8. #381a1c
  9. #251113
  10. #130909
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb565d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb565d
  2. #c2676d
  3. #c9787d
  4. #cf898e
  5. #d69a9e
  6. #ddabae
  7. #e4bbbe
  8. #ebccce
  9. #f1dddf
  10. #f8eeef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb565d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb565d
  2. #b55a61
  3. #af5e64
  4. #a96368
  5. #a3676b
  6. #9e6b6f
  7. #986f72
  8. #927376
  9. #8c7879
  10. #867c7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #966a6d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c695d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #867e5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb4759 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92625d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e705c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c54e5b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb565d {
  color: #bb565d;
}
Background
.bg-bb565d {
  background-color: #bb565d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb565d {
  border: 2px solid #bb565d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb565d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 86 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 43% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb565d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb565d, #bb8156);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb565d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 86 93 / 0.35);
}

#cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.62 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 5.04 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 6.57 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.99 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 8.34 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 8.43 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 9.01 #44a9a2 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Brick Red
#bb565d  rgb(187, 86, 93)  hsl(356, 43%, 54%)  Brick Red
#56bbb4  rgb(86, 187, 180)  hsl(176, 43%, 54%)  Verdigris
#5dbb56  rgb(93, 187, 86)  hsl(116, 43%, 54%)  Mantis
#565dbb  rgb(86, 93, 187)  hsl(236, 43%, 54%)  Slate Blue