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#BC8B8E

#bc8b8e ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bc8b8e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 54.51% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.06% magenta, 24.47% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 356.33°, with 26.78% saturation and 64.12% 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 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 1.81.

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Relative luminance0.3111

Complementary

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #8bbcb9

Split complementary

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #8bbca1
  3. #8ba7bc

Analogous

  1. #bc8ba7
  2. #bc8b8e
  3. #bca18b

Triadic

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #8ebc8b
  3. #8b8ebc

Tetradic

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #bcb98b
  3. #8bbcb9
  4. #8b8ebc

Square

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #a7bc8b
  3. #8bbcb9
  4. #a18bbc

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4043
  2. #9f5c60
  3. #bc8b8e
  4. #d8bbbd
  5. #f4ecec

Shades

#bc8b8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #a97d80
  3. #966f72
  4. #846163
  5. #715355
  6. #5e4647
  7. #4b3839
  8. #382a2b
  9. #261c1c
  10. #130e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc8b8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #c39799
  3. #c9a2a5
  4. #d0aeb0
  5. #d7b9bb
  6. #dec5c7
  7. #e4d1d2
  8. #ebdcdd
  9. #f2e8e8
  10. #f8f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc8b8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc8b8e
  2. #b68a8d
  3. #b0898b
  4. #aa888a
  5. #a48788
  6. #9e8687
  7. #988486
  8. #928384
  9. #8c8283
  10. #868181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79394 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93928e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9b8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6878c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a58f8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab958e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2888d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc8b8e {
  color: #bc8b8e;
}
Background
.bg-bc8b8e {
  background-color: #bc8b8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc8b8e {
  border: 2px solid #bc8b8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc8b8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 139 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 356 27% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc8b8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc8b8e, #bca18b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc8b8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 139 142 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 1.81 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.28 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.93 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 8.35 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.51 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.11 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.80 #437471 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bc8b8e  rgb(188, 139, 142)  hsl(356, 27%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#8bbcb9  rgb(139, 188, 185)  hsl(176, 27%, 64%)  Opal
#8ebc8b  rgb(142, 188, 139)  hsl(116, 27%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#8b8ebc  rgb(139, 142, 188)  hsl(236, 27%, 64%)  Cool Gray