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#C09CA3

#c09ca3 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c09ca3 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 61.18% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.75% magenta, 15.1% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 348.33°, with 22.22% saturation and 68.24% 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 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.18.

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Relative luminance0.3763

Complementary

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #9cc0b9

Split complementary

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #9cc0a7
  3. #9cb5c0

Analogous

  1. #c09cb5
  2. #c09ca3
  3. #c0a79c

Triadic

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #a3c09c
  3. #9ca3c0

Tetradic

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #c0b99c
  3. #9cc0b9
  4. #9ca3c0

Square

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #b5c09c
  3. #9cc0b9
  4. #a79cc0

Monochromatic

  1. #774c54
  2. #a26d78
  3. #c09ca3
  4. #decbce
  5. #f7f3f3

Shades

#c09ca3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #ad8c93
  3. #9a7d82
  4. #866d72
  5. #735e62
  6. #604e52
  7. #4d3e41
  8. #3a2f31
  9. #261f21
  10. #131010
  11. #000000

Tints

#c09ca3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #c6a6ac
  3. #cdb0b5
  4. #d3babf
  5. #d9c4c8
  6. #e0ced1
  7. #e6d7da
  8. #ece1e3
  9. #f2ebed
  10. #f9f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c09ca3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c09ca3
  2. #ba99a0
  3. #b3969c
  4. #ad9499
  5. #a69195
  6. #a08e92
  7. #9a8b8e
  8. #93888b
  9. #8d8687
  10. #868384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a1a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a1a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a7a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79a9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9fa3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a3a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c49ba0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c09ca3 {
  color: #c09ca3;
}
Background
.bg-c09ca3 {
  background-color: #c09ca3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c09ca3 {
  border: 2px solid #c09ca3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c09ca3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 156 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 22% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c09ca3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c09ca3, #c0a79c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c09ca3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 156 163 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.18 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.25 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.33 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.40 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.72 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.46 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.05 #3f635c Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c09ca3  rgb(192, 156, 163)  hsl(348, 22%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#9cc0b9  rgb(156, 192, 185)  hsl(168, 22%, 68%)  Opal
#a3c09c  rgb(163, 192, 156)  hsl(108, 22%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#9ca3c0  rgb(156, 163, 192)  hsl(228, 22%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder