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#BB7E68

#bb7e68 ≈ Cafe au Lait

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bb7e68 is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 49.41% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.62% magenta, 44.39% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 15.9°, with 37.9% saturation and 57.06% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons, food and restaurant brands and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cafe au Lait (#a67b5b), ΔE 7.59.

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Relative luminance0.2649

Complementary

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #68a5bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #68bba7
  3. #687cbb

Analogous

  1. #bb687c
  2. #bb7e68
  3. #bba768

Triadic

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #68bb7e
  3. #7e68bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #a5bb68
  3. #68a5bb
  4. #7e68bb

Square

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #7cbb68
  3. #68a5bb
  4. #a768bb

Monochromatic

  1. #5f392b
  2. #945843
  3. #bb7e68
  4. #d3ab9d
  5. #ebd8d1

Shades

#bb7e68 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #a8715e
  3. #966553
  4. #835849
  5. #704c3e
  6. #5e3f34
  7. #4b322a
  8. #38261f
  9. #251915
  10. #130d0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb7e68 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #c28b77
  3. #c99886
  4. #cfa595
  5. #d6b2a4
  6. #ddbfb4
  7. #e4cbc3
  8. #ebd8d2
  9. #f1e5e1
  10. #f8f2f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb7e68 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb7e68
  2. #b57e6a
  3. #af7e6d
  4. #a97f6f
  5. #a37f72
  6. #9e7f74
  7. #987f76
  8. #927f79
  9. #8c807b
  10. #86807e
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a18780 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d8566 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9268 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c97478 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a28267 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a98a68 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c37872 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb7e68 {
  color: #bb7e68;
}
Background
.bg-bb7e68 {
  background-color: #bb7e68;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb7e68 {
  border: 2px solid #bb7e68;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb7e68;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 126 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 16 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb7e68 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb7e68, #bba768);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb7e68 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 126 104 / 0.35);
}

#a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 7.59 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.56 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.99 #d68a59 Raw Sienna ΔE 9.30 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.31 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 10.03 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 10.15 #448197 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Cafe au Lait
#bb7e68  rgb(187, 126, 104)  hsl(16, 38%, 57%)  Cafe au Lait
#68a5bb  rgb(104, 165, 187)  hsl(196, 38%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#68bb7e  rgb(104, 187, 126)  hsl(136, 38%, 57%)  Medium Sea Green
#7e68bb  rgb(126, 104, 187)  hsl(256, 38%, 57%)  Amethyst