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#C59EA0

#c59ea0 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c59ea0 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 61.96% green and 62.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 18.78% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 356.92°, with 25.16% saturation and 69.61% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.3886

Complementary

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #9ec5c3

Split complementary

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #9ec5b0
  3. #9eb4c5

Analogous

  1. #c59eb4
  2. #c59ea0
  3. #c5b09e

Triadic

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #a0c59e
  3. #9ea0c5

Tetradic

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #c5c39e
  3. #9ec5c3
  4. #9ea0c5

Square

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #b4c59e
  3. #9ec5c3
  4. #b09ec5

Monochromatic

  1. #7e4c4e
  2. #a86e71
  3. #c59ea0
  4. #e2cecf
  5. #f7f2f2

Shades

#c59ea0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #b18e90
  3. #9e7e80
  4. #8a6f70
  5. #765f60
  6. #634f50
  7. #4f3f40
  8. #3b2f30
  9. #272020
  10. #141010
  11. #000000

Tints

#c59ea0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #cba8aa
  3. #d1b1b3
  4. #d6bbbd
  5. #dcc5c6
  6. #e2cfd0
  7. #e8d8d9
  8. #eee2e3
  9. #f3ecec
  10. #f9f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c59ea0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c59ea0
  2. #be9b9d
  3. #b7989a
  4. #b09596
  5. #a99293
  6. #a38f90
  7. #9c8c8d
  8. #95898a
  9. #8e8686
  10. #878383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a4a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a3a0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adaa9f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd9b9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a1a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a5a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca9c9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c59ea0 {
  color: #c59ea0;
}
Background
.bg-c59ea0 {
  background-color: #c59ea0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c59ea0 {
  border: 2px solid #c59ea0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c59ea0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 158 160;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 25% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c59ea0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c59ea0, #c5b09e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c59ea0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 158 160 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.56 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 5.59 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.73 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.94 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.42 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.57 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.84 #3a615f Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c59ea0  rgb(197, 158, 160)  hsl(357, 25%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9ec5c3  rgb(158, 197, 195)  hsl(177, 25%, 70%)  Opal
#a0c59e  rgb(160, 197, 158)  hsl(117, 25%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9ea0c5  rgb(158, 160, 197)  hsl(237, 25%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder