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#BB596B

#bb596b ≈ Rose Gold

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb596b is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 34.9% green and 41.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 52.41% magenta, 42.78% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 348.98°, with 41.88% saturation and 54.12% 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 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Gold (#b76e79), ΔE 5.95.

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Relative luminance0.1877

Complementary

  1. #bb596b
  2. #59bba9

Split complementary

  1. #bb596b
  2. #59bb78
  3. #599cbb

Analogous

  1. #bb599c
  2. #bb596b
  3. #bb7859

Triadic

  1. #bb596b
  2. #6bbb59
  3. #596bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb596b
  2. #bba959
  3. #59bba9
  4. #596bbb

Square

  1. #bb596b
  2. #9cbb59
  3. #59bba9
  4. #7859bb

Monochromatic

  1. #57242d
  2. #8e3a49
  3. #bb596b
  4. #d18f9b
  5. #e7c6cc

Shades

#bb596b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb596b
  2. #a85060
  3. #964756
  4. #833e4b
  5. #703540
  6. #5e2d36
  7. #4b242b
  8. #381b20
  9. #251215
  10. #13090b
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb596b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb596b
  2. #c26a7a
  3. #c97a89
  4. #cf8b97
  5. #d69ba6
  6. #ddacb5
  7. #e4bdc4
  8. #ebcdd3
  9. #f1dee1
  10. #f8eef0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb596b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb596b
  2. #b55d6d
  3. #af616f
  4. #a96571
  5. #a36973
  6. #9e6d76
  7. #987078
  8. #92747a
  9. #8c787c
  10. #867c7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #976d73 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c6c6b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #857f69 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca4e60 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92656b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e726a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c45264 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb596b {
  color: #bb596b;
}
Background
.bg-bb596b {
  background-color: #bb596b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb596b {
  border: 2px solid #bb596b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb596b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 89 107;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 42% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb596b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb596b, #bb7859);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb596b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 89 107 / 0.35);
}

#b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.95 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 6.80 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.59 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 7.67 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 7.87 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.07 #e3256b Razzmatazz ΔE 8.84 #44a694 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Rose Gold
#bb596b  rgb(187, 89, 107)  hsl(349, 42%, 54%)  Rose Gold
#59bba9  rgb(89, 187, 169)  hsl(169, 42%, 54%)  Verdigris
#6bbb59  rgb(107, 187, 89)  hsl(109, 42%, 54%)  Mantis
#596bbb  rgb(89, 107, 187)  hsl(229, 42%, 54%)  Royal Blue