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#BB9AA1

#bb9aa1 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb9aa1 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 60.39% green and 63.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 13.9% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 347.27°, with 19.53% saturation and 66.86% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.23.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3625

Complementary

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #9abbb4

Split complementary

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #9abba3
  3. #9ab1bb

Analogous

  1. #bb9ab1
  2. #bb9aa1
  3. #bba39a

Triadic

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #a1bb9a
  3. #9aa1bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #bbb49a
  3. #9abbb4
  4. #9aa1bb

Square

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #b1bb9a
  3. #9abbb4
  4. #a39abb

Monochromatic

  1. #704c53
  2. #9c6c76
  3. #bb9aa1
  4. #dac8cc
  5. #f7f3f4

Shades

#bb9aa1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #a88b91
  3. #967b81
  4. #836c71
  5. #705c61
  6. #5e4d51
  7. #4b3e40
  8. #382e30
  9. #251f20
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9aa1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #c2a4aa
  3. #c9aeb4
  4. #cfb8bd
  5. #d6c2c7
  6. #ddcdd0
  7. #e4d7d9
  8. #ebe1e3
  9. #f1ebec
  10. #f8f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9aa1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9aa1
  2. #b5979e
  3. #af959a
  4. #a99297
  5. #a39094
  6. #9e8d91
  7. #988a8d
  8. #92888a
  9. #8c8587
  10. #868383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9fa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9fa1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a4a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1989c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9da1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa0a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf999e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9aa1 {
  color: #bb9aa1;
}
Background
.bg-bb9aa1 {
  background-color: #bb9aa1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9aa1 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9aa1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9aa1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 154 161;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 20% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9aa1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9aa1, #bba39a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9aa1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 154 161 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.23 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.52 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.24 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.26 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.40 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.94 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.19 #44655e Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb9aa1  rgb(187, 154, 161)  hsl(347, 20%, 67%)  Rosy Brown
#9abbb4  rgb(154, 187, 180)  hsl(167, 20%, 67%)  Opal
#a1bb9a  rgb(161, 187, 154)  hsl(107, 20%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#9aa1bb  rgb(154, 161, 187)  hsl(227, 20%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder