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#BF7E72

#bf7e72 ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bf7e72 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 49.41% green and 44.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.03% magenta, 40.31% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 9.35°, with 37.56% saturation and 59.8% 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 6.44:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 5.25.

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Relative luminance0.2721

Complementary

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #72b3bf

Split complementary

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #72bfa4
  3. #728cbf

Analogous

  1. #bf728c
  2. #bf7e72
  3. #bfa472

Triadic

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #72bf7e
  3. #7e72bf

Tetradic

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #b3bf72
  3. #72b3bf
  4. #7e72bf

Square

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #8cbf72
  3. #72b3bf
  4. #a472bf

Monochromatic

  1. #69382f
  2. #9d5547
  3. #bf7e72
  4. #d7aea7
  5. #efdedb

Shades

#bf7e72 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #ac7167
  3. #99655b
  4. #865850
  5. #734c44
  6. #603f39
  7. #4c322e
  8. #392622
  9. #261917
  10. #130d0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf7e72 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #c58b80
  3. #cc988e
  4. #d2a59c
  5. #d9b2aa
  6. #dfbfb9
  7. #e5cbc7
  8. #ecd8d5
  9. #f2e5e3
  10. #f9f2f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf7e72 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf7e72
  2. #b97e73
  3. #b27e75
  4. #ac7f76
  5. #a67f78
  6. #a07f79
  7. #997f7a
  8. #937f7c
  9. #8d807d
  10. #86807f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a48884 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d8771 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9471 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd757b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a38371 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab8b72 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c77977 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf7e72 {
  color: #bf7e72;
}
Background
.bg-bf7e72 {
  background-color: #bf7e72;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf7e72 {
  border: 2px solid #bf7e72;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf7e72;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 126 114;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 38% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf7e72 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf7e72, #bfa472);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf7e72 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 126 114 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.25 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.81 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.59 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.64 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 10.11 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 10.13 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 10.50 #40818d Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Old Rose
#bf7e72  rgb(191, 126, 114)  hsl(9, 38%, 60%)  Old Rose
#72b3bf  rgb(114, 179, 191)  hsl(189, 38%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#72bf7e  rgb(114, 191, 126)  hsl(129, 38%, 60%)  Emerald
#7e72bf  rgb(126, 114, 191)  hsl(249, 38%, 60%)  Medium Purple