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#C49FAA

#c49faa ≈ Rosy Brown

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c49faa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 62.35% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.88% magenta, 13.27% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 342.16°, with 23.87% saturation and 69.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 6.71.

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Relative luminance0.3943

Complementary

  1. #c49faa
  2. #9fc4b9

Split complementary

  1. #c49faa
  2. #9fc4a7
  3. #9fbdc4

Analogous

  1. #c49fbd
  2. #c49faa
  3. #c4a79f

Triadic

  1. #c49faa
  2. #aac49f
  3. #9faac4

Tetradic

  1. #c49faa
  2. #c4b99f
  3. #9fc4b9
  4. #9faac4

Square

  1. #c49faa
  2. #bdc49f
  3. #9fc4b9
  4. #a79fc4

Monochromatic

  1. #7d4d5b
  2. #a77080
  3. #c49faa
  4. #e1ced4
  5. #f7f2f4

Shades

#c49faa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c49faa
  2. #b08f99
  3. #9d7f88
  4. #896f77
  5. #765f66
  6. #625055
  7. #4e4044
  8. #3b3033
  9. #272022
  10. #141011
  11. #000000

Tints

#c49faa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c49faa
  2. #caa9b3
  3. #d0b2bb
  4. #d6bcc4
  5. #dcc5cc
  6. #e2cfd5
  7. #e7d9dd
  8. #ede2e6
  9. #f3ecee
  10. #f9f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c49faa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c49faa
  2. #bd9ca6
  3. #b699a2
  4. #b0969d
  5. #a99399
  6. #a29095
  7. #9b8c91
  8. #94898d
  9. #8e8688
  10. #878384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a5a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a5aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ababa9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb9da3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a3aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a6aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c89ea6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c49faa {
  color: #c49faa;
}
Background
.bg-c49faa {
  background-color: #c49faa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c49faa {
  border: 2px solid #c49faa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c49faa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 159 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 342 24% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c49faa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c49faa, #c4a79f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c49faa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 159 170 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.71 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.85 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.29 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 7.54 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.80 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.39 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.85 #3b6055 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c49faa  rgb(196, 159, 170)  hsl(342, 24%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9fc4b9  rgb(159, 196, 185)  hsl(162, 24%, 70%)  Opal
#aac49f  rgb(170, 196, 159)  hsl(102, 24%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9faac4  rgb(159, 170, 196)  hsl(222, 24%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder