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#C28B8D

#c28b8d ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c28b8d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 54.51% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.35% magenta, 27.32% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 357.82°, with 31.07% saturation and 65.29% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.6.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3186

Complementary

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #8bc2c0

Split complementary

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #8bc2a4
  3. #8ba8c2

Analogous

  1. #c28ba8
  2. #c28b8d
  3. #c2a48b

Triadic

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #8dc28b
  3. #8b8dc2

Tetradic

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #c2c08b
  3. #8bc2c0
  4. #8b8dc2

Square

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #a8c28b
  3. #8bc2c0
  4. #a48bc2

Monochromatic

  1. #763e40
  2. #a8595c
  3. #c28b8d
  4. #dcbdbe
  5. #f7eff0

Shades

#c28b8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #af7d7f
  3. #9b6f71
  4. #886163
  5. #745355
  6. #614647
  7. #4e3838
  8. #3a2a2a
  9. #271c1c
  10. #130e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#c28b8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #c89798
  3. #cea2a4
  4. #d4aeaf
  5. #dab9bb
  6. #e1c5c6
  7. #e7d1d1
  8. #eddcdd
  9. #f3e8e8
  10. #f9f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c28b8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c28b8d
  2. #bb8a8c
  3. #b5898a
  4. #ae8889
  5. #a88788
  6. #a18687
  7. #9a8485
  8. #948384
  9. #8d8283
  10. #878181
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95938d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a29d8c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd868c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9908d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0968c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9888c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c28b8d {
  color: #c28b8d;
}
Background
.bg-c28b8d {
  background-color: #c28b8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c28b8d {
  border: 2px solid #c28b8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c28b8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 139 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 31% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c28b8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c28b8d, #c2a48b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c28b8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 139 141 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.60 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 3.48 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.56 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.79 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 8.48 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.97 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 10.18 #3d7472 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c28b8d  rgb(194, 139, 141)  hsl(358, 31%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#8bc2c0  rgb(139, 194, 192)  hsl(178, 31%, 65%)  Opal
#8dc28b  rgb(141, 194, 139)  hsl(118, 31%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#8b8dc2  rgb(139, 141, 194)  hsl(238, 31%, 65%)  Cool Gray