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#BB969B

#bb969b ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb969b is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 58.82% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.79% magenta, 17.11% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 351.89°, with 21.39% saturation and 66.08% 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 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 3.49.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3474

Complementary

  1. #bb969b
  2. #96bbb6

Split complementary

  1. #bb969b
  2. #96bba4
  3. #96aebb

Analogous

  1. #bb96ae
  2. #bb969b
  3. #bba496

Triadic

  1. #bb969b
  2. #9bbb96
  3. #969bbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb969b
  2. #bbb696
  3. #96bbb6
  4. #969bbb

Square

  1. #bb969b
  2. #aebb96
  3. #96bbb6
  4. #a496bb

Monochromatic

  1. #70484e
  2. #9d686f
  3. #bb969b
  4. #d9c4c7
  5. #f7f3f3

Shades

#bb969b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb969b
  2. #a8878c
  3. #96787c
  4. #83696d
  5. #705a5d
  6. #5e4b4e
  7. #4b3c3e
  8. #382d2f
  9. #251e1f
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb969b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb969b
  2. #c2a1a5
  3. #c9abaf
  4. #cfb6b9
  5. #d6c0c3
  6. #ddcbcd
  7. #e4d5d7
  8. #ebe0e1
  9. #f1eaeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb969b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb969b
  2. #b59498
  3. #af9296
  4. #a98f93
  5. #a38d90
  6. #9e8b8e
  7. #98898b
  8. #928788
  9. #8c8485
  10. #868283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9c9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9b9b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a29a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c29398 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9999b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9d9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf9499 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb969b {
  color: #bb969b;
}
Background
.bg-bb969b {
  background-color: #bb969b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb969b {
  border: 2px solid #bb969b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb969b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 150 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 21% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb969b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb969b, #bba496);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb969b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 150 155 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 3.49 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.81 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.92 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.95 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.26 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.50 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.72 #446964 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb969b  rgb(187, 150, 155)  hsl(352, 21%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#96bbb6  rgb(150, 187, 182)  hsl(172, 21%, 66%)  Opal
#9bbb96  rgb(155, 187, 150)  hsl(112, 21%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#969bbb  rgb(150, 155, 187)  hsl(232, 21%, 66%)  Cool Gray