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#BD8A7F

#bd8a7f ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bd8a7f is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 54.12% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.98% magenta, 32.8% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 10.65°, with 31.96% saturation and 61.96% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#cc9966
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Relative luminance0.3053

Complementary

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #7fb2bd

Split complementary

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #7fbda9
  3. #7f93bd

Analogous

  1. #bd7f93
  2. #bd8a7f
  3. #bda97f

Triadic

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #7fbd8a
  3. #8a7fbd

Tetradic

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #b2bd7f
  3. #7fb2bd
  4. #8a7fbd

Square

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #93bd7f
  3. #7fb2bd
  4. #a97fbd

Monochromatic

  1. #6c4137
  2. #9e5f51
  3. #bd8a7f
  4. #d7b8b1
  5. #f1e6e4

Shades

#bd8a7f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #aa7c72
  3. #976e66
  4. #846159
  5. #71534c
  6. #5f4540
  7. #4c3733
  8. #392926
  9. #261c19
  10. #130e0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd8a7f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #c4968c
  3. #caa199
  4. #d1ada5
  5. #d7b9b2
  6. #dec5bf
  7. #e5d0cc
  8. #ebdcd9
  9. #f2e8e5
  10. #f8f3f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd8a7f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd8a7f
  2. #b7897f
  3. #b1887f
  4. #ab877f
  5. #a5867f
  6. #9f8580
  7. #988480
  8. #928380
  9. #8c8280
  10. #868180
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7918d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95907e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19a7f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c98387 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a78e7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad947f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c48684 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd8a7f {
  color: #bd8a7f;
}
Background
.bg-bd8a7f {
  background-color: #bd8a7f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd8a7f {
  border: 2px solid #bd8a7f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd8a7f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 138 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 32% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd8a7f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd8a7f, #bda97f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd8a7f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 138 127 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.94 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.99 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 9.11 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.71 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 9.95 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 11.12 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 11.26 #427580 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bd8a7f  rgb(189, 138, 127)  hsl(11, 32%, 62%)  Rosy Brown
#7fb2bd  rgb(127, 178, 189)  hsl(191, 32%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#7fbd8a  rgb(127, 189, 138)  hsl(131, 32%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#8a7fbd  rgb(138, 127, 189)  hsl(251, 32%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty