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#BB888D

#bb888d ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb888d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 53.33% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.27% magenta, 24.6% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 354.12°, with 27.27% saturation and 63.33% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.96.

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Relative luminance0.301

Complementary

  1. #bb888d
  2. #88bbb6

Split complementary

  1. #bb888d
  2. #88bb9c
  3. #88a6bb

Analogous

  1. #bb88a6
  2. #bb888d
  3. #bb9c88

Triadic

  1. #bb888d
  2. #8dbb88
  3. #888dbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb888d
  2. #bbb688
  3. #88bbb6
  4. #888dbb

Square

  1. #bb888d
  2. #a6bb88
  3. #88bbb6
  4. #9c88bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6c3e42
  2. #9d5a60
  3. #bb888d
  4. #d7b9bc
  5. #f3e9ea

Shades

#bb888d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb888d
  2. #a87a7f
  3. #966d71
  4. #835f63
  5. #705255
  6. #5e4447
  7. #4b3638
  8. #38292a
  9. #251b1c
  10. #130e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb888d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb888d
  2. #c29498
  3. #c9a0a4
  4. #cfacaf
  5. #d6b8bb
  6. #ddc4c6
  7. #e4cfd1
  8. #ebdbdd
  9. #f1e7e8
  10. #f8f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb888d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb888d
  2. #b5878c
  3. #af868a
  4. #a98689
  5. #a38588
  6. #9e8487
  7. #988385
  8. #928284
  9. #8c8283
  10. #868181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69092 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90908d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c998c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5848a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a38d8d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9928c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1858b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb888d {
  color: #bb888d;
}
Background
.bg-bb888d {
  background-color: #bb888d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb888d {
  border: 2px solid #bb888d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb888d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 136 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 354 27% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb888d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb888d, #bb9c88);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb888d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 136 141 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.96 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 3.85 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.27 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.23 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.10 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.32 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.15 #447772 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb888d  rgb(187, 136, 141)  hsl(354, 27%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#88bbb6  rgb(136, 187, 182)  hsl(174, 27%, 63%)  Opal
#8dbb88  rgb(141, 187, 136)  hsl(114, 27%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#888dbb  rgb(136, 141, 187)  hsl(234, 27%, 63%)  Cool Gray