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#BB949A

#bb949a ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb949a is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 58.04% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.86% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 350.77°, with 22.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.3408

Complementary

  1. #bb949a
  2. #94bbb5

Split complementary

  1. #bb949a
  2. #94bba2
  3. #94aebb

Analogous

  1. #bb94ae
  2. #bb949a
  3. #bba294

Triadic

  1. #bb949a
  2. #9abb94
  3. #949abb

Tetradic

  1. #bb949a
  2. #bbb594
  3. #94bbb5
  4. #949abb

Square

  1. #bb949a
  2. #aebb94
  3. #94bbb5
  4. #a294bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f474d
  2. #9d656e
  3. #bb949a
  4. #d9c3c6
  5. #f6f2f2

Shades

#bb949a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb949a
  2. #a8858b
  3. #96767b
  4. #83686c
  5. #70595c
  6. #5e4a4d
  7. #4b3b3e
  8. #382c2e
  9. #251e1f
  10. #130f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb949a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb949a
  2. #c29fa4
  3. #c9a9ae
  4. #cfb4b8
  5. #d6bfc2
  6. #ddcacd
  7. #e4d4d7
  8. #ebdfe1
  9. #f1eaeb
  10. #f8f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb949a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb949a
  2. #b59297
  3. #af9095
  4. #a98e92
  5. #a38c90
  6. #9e8a8d
  7. #98888a
  8. #928688
  9. #8c8485
  10. #868283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9a9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9a9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a099 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c39196 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8979a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9c9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c09298 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb949a {
  color: #bb949a;
}
Background
.bg-bb949a {
  background-color: #bb949a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb949a {
  border: 2px solid #bb949a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb949a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 148 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 22% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb949a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb949a, #bba294);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb949a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 148 154 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 3.23 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.22 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.93 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.03 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.05 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.86 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.07 #446b65 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb949a  rgb(187, 148, 154)  hsl(351, 22%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#94bbb5  rgb(148, 187, 181)  hsl(171, 22%, 66%)  Opal
#9abb94  rgb(154, 187, 148)  hsl(111, 22%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#949abb  rgb(148, 154, 187)  hsl(231, 22%, 66%)  Cool Gray