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#BB7876

#bb7876 ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb7876 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 47.06% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.83% magenta, 36.9% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 1.74°, with 33.66% saturation and 59.8% 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 6.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2531

Complementary

  1. #bb7876
  2. #76b9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb7876
  2. #76bb9a
  3. #7696bb

Analogous

  1. #bb7696
  2. #bb7876
  3. #bb9a76

Triadic

  1. #bb7876
  2. #76bb78
  3. #7876bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb7876
  2. #b9bb76
  3. #76b9bb
  4. #7876bb

Square

  1. #bb7876
  2. #96bb76
  3. #76b9bb
  4. #9a76bb

Monochromatic

  1. #663432
  2. #994e4c
  3. #bb7876
  4. #d4aaa9
  5. #eedddc

Shades

#bb7876 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb7876
  2. #a86c6a
  3. #96605e
  4. #835453
  5. #704847
  6. #5e3c3b
  7. #4b302f
  8. #382423
  9. #251818
  10. #130c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb7876 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb7876
  2. #c28684
  3. #c99391
  4. #cfa19f
  5. #d6aead
  6. #ddbcbb
  7. #e4c9c8
  8. #ebd7d6
  9. #f1e4e4
  10. #f8f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb7876 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb7876
  2. #b57977
  3. #af7a78
  4. #a97a79
  5. #a37b7a
  6. #9e7c7b
  7. #987d7c
  8. #927e7d
  9. #8c7e7e
  10. #867f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a08382 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #858276 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #968f75 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c87078 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e7e76 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a68675 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c37377 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb7876 {
  color: #bb7876;
}
Background
.bg-bb7876 {
  background-color: #bb7876;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb7876 {
  border: 2px solid #bb7876;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb7876;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 120 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 34% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb7876 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb7876, #bb9a76);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb7876 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 120 118 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 2.88 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.37 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.62 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.70 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.62 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.16 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 9.19 #448789 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Old Rose
#bb7876  rgb(187, 120, 118)  hsl(2, 34%, 60%)  Old Rose
#76b9bb  rgb(118, 185, 187)  hsl(182, 34%, 60%)  Verdigris
#76bb78  rgb(118, 187, 120)  hsl(122, 34%, 60%)  Mantis
#7876bb  rgb(120, 118, 187)  hsl(242, 34%, 60%)  Medium Purple