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#BB9B99

#bb9b99 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb9b99 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 60.78% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.11% magenta, 18.18% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 3.53°, 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3631

Complementary

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #99b9bb

Split complementary

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #99bbac
  3. #99a8bb

Analogous

  1. #bb99a8
  2. #bb9b99
  3. #bbac99

Triadic

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #99bb9b
  3. #9b99bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #b9bb99
  3. #99b9bb
  4. #9b99bb

Square

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #a8bb99
  3. #99b9bb
  4. #ac99bb

Monochromatic

  1. #704d4b
  2. #9c6e6b
  3. #bb9b99
  4. #dac8c7
  5. #f7f3f3

Shades

#bb9b99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #a88c8a
  3. #967c7a
  4. #836d6b
  5. #705d5c
  6. #5e4e4d
  7. #4b3e3d
  8. #382f2e
  9. #251f1f
  10. #13100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9b99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #c2a5a3
  3. #c9afad
  4. #cfb9b8
  5. #d6c3c2
  6. #ddcdcc
  7. #e4d7d6
  8. #ebe1e0
  9. #f1ebeb
  10. #f8f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9b99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9b99
  2. #b59897
  3. #af9694
  4. #a99392
  5. #a3908f
  6. #9e8e8d
  7. #988b8a
  8. #928888
  9. #8c8585
  10. #868383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9f9f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a19f99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a599 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2989b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9d99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a199 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf999a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9b99 {
  color: #bb9b99;
}
Background
.bg-bb9b99 {
  background-color: #bb9b99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9b99 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9b99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9b99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 155 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 20% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9b99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9b99, #bbac99);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9b99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 155 153 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.82 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 5.96 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.04 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.18 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.15 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.51 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 11.01 #446466 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bb9b99  rgb(187, 155, 153)  hsl(4, 20%, 67%)  Rosy Brown
#99b9bb  rgb(153, 185, 187)  hsl(184, 20%, 67%)  Opal
#99bb9b  rgb(153, 187, 155)  hsl(124, 20%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#9b99bb  rgb(155, 153, 187)  hsl(244, 20%, 67%)  Cool Gray