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#BB8A8E

#bb8a8e ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb8a8e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 54.12% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.2% magenta, 24.06% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 355.1°, with 26.49% saturation and 63.73% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.23.

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Relative luminance0.3069

Complementary

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #8abbb7

Split complementary

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #8abb9f
  3. #8aa7bb

Analogous

  1. #bb8aa7
  2. #bb8a8e
  3. #bb9f8a

Triadic

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #8ebb8a
  3. #8a8ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #bbb78a
  3. #8abbb7
  4. #8a8ebb

Square

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #a7bb8a
  3. #8abbb7
  4. #9f8abb

Monochromatic

  1. #6d3f43
  2. #9d5b61
  3. #bb8a8e
  4. #d7babd
  5. #f3ebeb

Shades

#bb8a8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #a87c80
  3. #966e72
  4. #836163
  5. #705355
  6. #5e4547
  7. #4b3739
  8. #38292b
  9. #251c1c
  10. #130e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8a8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #c29699
  3. #c9a1a5
  4. #cfadb0
  5. #d6b9bb
  6. #ddc5c7
  7. #e4d0d2
  8. #ebdcdd
  9. #f1e8e8
  10. #f8f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8a8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8a8e
  2. #b5898d
  3. #af888b
  4. #a9878a
  5. #a38688
  6. #9e8587
  7. #988486
  8. #928384
  9. #8c8283
  10. #868181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69293 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92918e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9a8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5868c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a48e8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa948e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1878d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8a8e {
  color: #bb8a8e;
}
Background
.bg-bb8a8e {
  background-color: #bb8a8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8a8e {
  border: 2px solid #bb8a8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8a8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 138 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 355 26% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8a8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8a8e, #bb9f8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8a8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 138 142 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.23 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.27 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.70 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.95 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.79 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.88 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.37 #447571 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb8a8e  rgb(187, 138, 142)  hsl(355, 26%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#8abbb7  rgb(138, 187, 183)  hsl(175, 26%, 64%)  Opal
#8ebb8a  rgb(142, 187, 138)  hsl(115, 26%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#8a8ebb  rgb(138, 142, 187)  hsl(235, 26%, 64%)  Cool Gray