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#BE9696

#be9696 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#be9696 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 58.82% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.05% magenta, 21.05% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 23.53% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.28.

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Relative luminance0.3496

Complementary

  1. #be9696
  2. #96bebe

Split complementary

  1. #be9696
  2. #96beaa
  3. #96aabe

Analogous

  1. #be96aa
  2. #be9696
  3. #beaa96

Triadic

  1. #be9696
  2. #96be96
  3. #9696be

Tetradic

  1. #be9696
  2. #bebe96
  3. #96bebe
  4. #9696be

Square

  1. #be9696
  2. #aabe96
  3. #96bebe
  4. #aa96be

Monochromatic

  1. #744848
  2. #a16767
  3. #be9696
  4. #dbc5c5
  5. #f7f2f2

Shades

#be9696 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be9696
  2. #ab8787
  3. #987878
  4. #856969
  5. #725a5a
  6. #5f4b4b
  7. #4c3c3c
  8. #392d2d
  9. #261e1e
  10. #130f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#be9696 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be9696
  2. #c5a1a1
  3. #cbabab
  4. #d2b6b6
  5. #d8c0c0
  6. #dfcbcb
  7. #e5d5d5
  8. #ece0e0
  9. #f2eaea
  10. #f9f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be9696 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be9696
  2. #b89494
  3. #b29292
  4. #ab8f8f
  5. #a58d8d
  6. #9f8b8b
  7. #998989
  8. #938787
  9. #8c8484
  10. #868282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9c9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9b96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a395 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79296 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab9996 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b09e96 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c39496 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be9696 {
  color: #be9696;
}
Background
.bg-be9696 {
  background-color: #be9696;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be9696 {
  border: 2px solid #be9696;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be9696;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 150 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 24% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be9696 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be9696, #beaa96);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be9696 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 150 150 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.28 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.91 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.65 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.27 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.47 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.79 #416969 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#be9696  rgb(190, 150, 150)  hsl(0, 24%, 67%)  Rosy Brown
#96bebe  rgb(150, 190, 190)  hsl(180, 24%, 67%)  Opal
#96be96  rgb(150, 190, 150)  hsl(120, 24%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#9696be  rgb(150, 150, 190)  hsl(240, 24%, 67%)  Cool Gray