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#C29797

#c29797 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c29797 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 59.22% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.16% magenta, 22.16% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 26.06% saturation and 67.65% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 2.39.

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Relative luminance0.3584

Complementary

  1. #c29797
  2. #97c2c2

Split complementary

  1. #c29797
  2. #97c2ad
  3. #97adc2

Analogous

  1. #c297ad
  2. #c29797
  3. #c2ad97

Triadic

  1. #c29797
  2. #97c297
  3. #9797c2

Tetradic

  1. #c29797
  2. #c2c297
  3. #97c2c2
  4. #9797c2

Square

  1. #c29797
  2. #adc297
  3. #97c2c2
  4. #ad97c2

Monochromatic

  1. #794747
  2. #a66767
  3. #c29797
  4. #dec7c7
  5. #f7f2f2

Shades

#c29797 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c29797
  2. #af8888
  3. #9b7979
  4. #886a6a
  5. #745b5b
  6. #614c4c
  7. #4e3c3c
  8. #3a2d2d
  9. #271e1e
  10. #130f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c29797 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c29797
  2. #c8a1a1
  3. #ceacac
  4. #d4b6b6
  5. #dac1c1
  6. #e1cbcb
  7. #e7d5d5
  8. #ede0e0
  9. #f3eaea
  10. #f9f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c29797 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c29797
  2. #bb9595
  3. #b59292
  4. #ae9090
  5. #a88e8e
  6. #a18c8c
  7. #9a8989
  8. #948787
  9. #8d8585
  10. #878282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af9d9d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9d97 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a596 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb9397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9a97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b39f97 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89597 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c29797 {
  color: #c29797;
}
Background
.bg-c29797 {
  background-color: #c29797;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c29797 {
  border: 2px solid #c29797;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c29797;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 151 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 26% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c29797 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c29797, #c2ad97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c29797 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 151 151 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 2.39 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.02 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.43 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.04 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.53 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.37 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.16 #3d6868 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c29797  rgb(194, 151, 151)  hsl(0, 26%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#97c2c2  rgb(151, 194, 194)  hsl(180, 26%, 68%)  Opal
#97c297  rgb(151, 194, 151)  hsl(120, 26%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#9797c2  rgb(151, 151, 194)  hsl(240, 26%, 68%)  Cool Gray