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#BB959E

#bb959e ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb959e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 58.43% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.32% magenta, 15.51% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 345.79°, with 21.84% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.44.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3453

Complementary

  1. #bb959e
  2. #95bbb2

Split complementary

  1. #bb959e
  2. #95bb9f
  3. #95b1bb

Analogous

  1. #bb95b1
  2. #bb959e
  3. #bb9f95

Triadic

  1. #bb959e
  2. #9ebb95
  3. #959ebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb959e
  2. #bbb295
  3. #95bbb2
  4. #959ebb

Square

  1. #bb959e
  2. #b1bb95
  3. #95bbb2
  4. #9f95bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f4851
  2. #9d6673
  3. #bb959e
  4. #d9c4c9
  5. #f7f2f3

Shades

#bb959e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb959e
  2. #a8868e
  3. #96777e
  4. #83686f
  5. #70595f
  6. #5e4b4f
  7. #4b3c3f
  8. #382d2f
  9. #251e20
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb959e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb959e
  2. #c2a0a8
  3. #c9aab1
  4. #cfb5bb
  5. #d6bfc5
  6. #ddcacf
  7. #e4d5d8
  8. #ebdfe2
  9. #f1eaec
  10. #f8f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb959e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb959e
  2. #b5939b
  3. #af9198
  4. #a98f95
  5. #a38d92
  6. #9e8b8f
  7. #98888c
  8. #928689
  9. #8c8486
  10. #868283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9b9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9b9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a19d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c29398 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8999e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9c9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf949a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb959e {
  color: #bb959e;
}
Background
.bg-bb959e {
  background-color: #bb959e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb959e {
  border: 2px solid #bb959e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb959e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 149 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 22% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb959e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb959e, #bb9f95);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb959e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 149 158 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.44 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.15 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.18 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.76 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.51 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.77 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.17 #446a61 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb959e  rgb(187, 149, 158)  hsl(346, 22%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#95bbb2  rgb(149, 187, 178)  hsl(166, 22%, 66%)  Opal
#9ebb95  rgb(158, 187, 149)  hsl(106, 22%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#959ebb  rgb(149, 158, 187)  hsl(226, 22%, 66%)  Cool Gray