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#BB9196

#bb9196 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb9196 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 56.86% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.46% magenta, 19.79% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 352.86°, with 23.6% saturation and 65.1% 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 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.26.

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Relative luminance0.3302

Complementary

  1. #bb9196
  2. #91bbb6

Split complementary

  1. #bb9196
  2. #91bba1
  3. #91abbb

Analogous

  1. #bb91ab
  2. #bb9196
  3. #bba191

Triadic

  1. #bb9196
  2. #96bb91
  3. #9196bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9196
  2. #bbb691
  3. #91bbb6
  4. #9196bb

Square

  1. #bb9196
  2. #abbb91
  3. #91bbb6
  4. #a191bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f4449
  2. #9e6269
  3. #bb9196
  4. #d8c0c3
  5. #f5f0f0

Shades

#bb9196 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9196
  2. #a88387
  3. #967478
  4. #836669
  5. #70575a
  6. #5e494b
  7. #4b3a3c
  8. #382c2d
  9. #251d1e
  10. #130f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9196 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9196
  2. #c29ca1
  3. #c9a7ab
  4. #cfb2b6
  5. #d6bdc0
  6. #ddc8cb
  7. #e4d3d5
  8. #ebdee0
  9. #f1e9ea
  10. #f8f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9196 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9196
  2. #b58f94
  3. #af8e92
  4. #a98c8f
  5. #a38a8d
  6. #9e898b
  7. #988789
  8. #928587
  9. #8c8384
  10. #868282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99799 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #979796 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19e95 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c38e93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a79596 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac9996 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c08f94 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9196 {
  color: #bb9196;
}
Background
.bg-bb9196 {
  background-color: #bb9196;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9196 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9196;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9196;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 145 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 24% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9196 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9196, #bba191);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9196 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 145 150 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.26 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.63 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.74 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.07 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.98 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.88 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.97 #446e69 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb9196  rgb(187, 145, 150)  hsl(353, 24%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#91bbb6  rgb(145, 187, 182)  hsl(173, 24%, 65%)  Opal
#96bb91  rgb(150, 187, 145)  hsl(113, 24%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#9196bb  rgb(145, 150, 187)  hsl(233, 24%, 65%)  Cool Gray