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#C49494

#c49494 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c49494 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 58.04% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.49% magenta, 24.49% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 28.92% saturation and 67.45% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 1.93.

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Relative luminance0.3505

Complementary

  1. #c49494
  2. #94c4c4

Split complementary

  1. #c49494
  2. #94c4ac
  3. #94acc4

Analogous

  1. #c494ac
  2. #c49494
  3. #c4ac94

Triadic

  1. #c49494
  2. #94c494
  3. #9494c4

Tetradic

  1. #c49494
  2. #c4c494
  3. #94c4c4
  4. #9494c4

Square

  1. #c49494
  2. #acc494
  3. #94c4c4
  4. #ac94c4

Monochromatic

  1. #7b4444
  2. #a96363
  3. #c49494
  4. #dfc5c5
  5. #f8f2f2

Shades

#c49494 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c49494
  2. #b08585
  3. #9d7676
  4. #896868
  5. #765959
  6. #624a4a
  7. #4e3b3b
  8. #3b2c2c
  9. #271e1e
  10. #140f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c49494 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c49494
  2. #ca9f9f
  3. #d0a9a9
  4. #d6b4b4
  5. #dcbfbf
  6. #e2caca
  7. #e7d4d4
  8. #eddfdf
  9. #f3eaea
  10. #f9f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c49494 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c49494
  2. #bd9292
  3. #b69090
  4. #b08e8e
  5. #a98c8c
  6. #a28a8a
  7. #9b8888
  8. #948686
  9. #8e8484
  10. #878282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af9b9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9d9a94 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a393 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ce8f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9894 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b49d94 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca9194 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c49494 {
  color: #c49494;
}
Background
.bg-c49494 {
  background-color: #c49494;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c49494 {
  border: 2px solid #c49494;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c49494;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 148 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 29% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c49494 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c49494, #c4ac94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c49494 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 148 148 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 1.93 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 5.90 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.19 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.15 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.87 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 11.12 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 11.27 #3b6b6b Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c49494  rgb(196, 148, 148)  hsl(0, 29%, 67%)  Rosy Brown
#94c4c4  rgb(148, 196, 196)  hsl(180, 29%, 67%)  Opal
#94c494  rgb(148, 196, 148)  hsl(120, 29%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#9494c4  rgb(148, 148, 196)  hsl(240, 29%, 67%)  Cool Gray