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#BB7D7E

#bb7d7e ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb7d7e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 49.02% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.16% magenta, 32.62% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 359.03°, with 31.31% saturation and 61.18% 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 6.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 1.26.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2674

Complementary

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #7dbbba

Split complementary

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #7dbb9b
  3. #7d9dbb

Analogous

  1. #bb7d9d
  2. #bb7d7e
  3. #bb9b7d

Triadic

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #7ebb7d
  3. #7d7ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #bbba7d
  3. #7dbbba
  4. #7d7ebb

Square

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #9dbb7d
  3. #7dbbba
  4. #9b7dbb

Monochromatic

  1. #683737
  2. #9b5152
  3. #bb7d7e
  4. #d5afb0
  5. #f0e1e2

Shades

#bb7d7e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #a87171
  3. #966465
  4. #835858
  5. #704b4c
  6. #5e3f3f
  7. #4b3232
  8. #382626
  9. #251919
  10. #130d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb7d7e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #c28a8b
  3. #c99798
  4. #cfa4a5
  5. #d6b1b2
  6. #ddbebf
  7. #e4cbcb
  8. #ebd8d8
  9. #f1e5e5
  10. #f8f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb7d7e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb7d7e
  2. #b57d7e
  3. #af7e7e
  4. #a97e7f
  5. #a37e7f
  6. #9e7f7f
  7. #987f7f
  8. #927f7f
  9. #8c7f80
  10. #868080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a28787 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89867e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97927d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7767e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f837e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a78a7d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2797e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb7d7e {
  color: #bb7d7e;
}
Background
.bg-bb7d7e {
  background-color: #bb7d7e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb7d7e {
  border: 2px solid #bb7d7e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb7d7e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 125 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 359 31% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb7d7e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb7d7e, #bb9b7d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb7d7e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 125 126 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 1.26 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.41 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.85 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.97 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.30 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 10.04 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 10.30 #448281 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Old Rose
#bb7d7e  rgb(187, 125, 126)  hsl(359, 31%, 61%)  Old Rose
#7dbbba  rgb(125, 187, 186)  hsl(179, 31%, 61%)  Verdigris
#7ebb7d  rgb(126, 187, 125)  hsl(119, 31%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green
#7d7ebb  rgb(125, 126, 187)  hsl(239, 31%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty