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#BB999D

#bb999d ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb999d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 60% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.18% magenta, 16.04% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 352.94°, with 20% saturation and 66.67% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.27.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3578

Complementary

  1. #bb999d
  2. #99bbb7

Split complementary

  1. #bb999d
  2. #99bba6
  3. #99aebb

Analogous

  1. #bb99ae
  2. #bb999d
  3. #bba699

Triadic

  1. #bb999d
  2. #9dbb99
  3. #999dbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb999d
  2. #bbb799
  3. #99bbb7
  4. #999dbb

Square

  1. #bb999d
  2. #aebb99
  3. #99bbb7
  4. #a699bb

Monochromatic

  1. #704b4f
  2. #9c6b71
  3. #bb999d
  4. #dac7c9
  5. #f7f3f3

Shades

#bb999d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb999d
  2. #a88a8d
  3. #967a7e
  4. #836b6e
  5. #705c5e
  6. #5e4d4f
  7. #4b3d3f
  8. #382e2f
  9. #251f1f
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb999d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb999d
  2. #c2a3a7
  3. #c9adb1
  4. #cfb8ba
  5. #d6c2c4
  6. #ddccce
  7. #e4d6d8
  8. #ebe0e2
  9. #f1ebeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb999d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb999d
  2. #b5979a
  3. #af9497
  4. #a99294
  5. #a38f91
  6. #9e8d8f
  7. #988a8c
  8. #928889
  9. #8c8586
  10. #868383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac9ea0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9e9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a49c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2979a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9c9d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #af9f9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf989b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb999d {
  color: #bb999d;
}
Background
.bg-bb999d {
  background-color: #bb999d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb999d {
  border: 2px solid #bb999d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb999d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 153 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 20% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb999d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb999d, #bba699);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb999d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 153 157 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.27 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.49 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.95 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.48 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.03 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.50 #446662 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb999d  rgb(187, 153, 157)  hsl(353, 20%, 67%)  Rosy Brown
#99bbb7  rgb(153, 187, 183)  hsl(173, 20%, 67%)  Opal
#9dbb99  rgb(157, 187, 153)  hsl(113, 20%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#999dbb  rgb(153, 157, 187)  hsl(233, 20%, 67%)  Cool Gray