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#C59EA5

#c59ea5 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c59ea5 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 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 16.24% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 349.23°, 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.4.

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Relative luminance0.3904

Complementary

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #9ec5be

Split complementary

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #9ec5ab
  3. #9eb9c5

Analogous

  1. #c59eb9
  2. #c59ea5
  3. #c5ab9e

Triadic

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #a5c59e
  3. #9ea5c5

Tetradic

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #c5be9e
  3. #9ec5be
  4. #9ea5c5

Square

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #b9c59e
  3. #9ec5be
  4. #ab9ec5

Monochromatic

  1. #7e4c55
  2. #a86e79
  3. #c59ea5
  4. #e2ced1
  5. #f7f2f3

Shades

#c59ea5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #b18e95
  3. #9e7e84
  4. #8a6f74
  5. #765f63
  6. #634f53
  7. #4f3f42
  8. #3b2f32
  9. #272021
  10. #141011
  11. #000000

Tints

#c59ea5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #cba8ae
  3. #d1b1b7
  4. #d6bbc0
  5. #dcc5c9
  6. #e2cfd2
  7. #e8d8db
  8. #eee2e4
  9. #f3eced
  10. #f9f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c59ea5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c59ea5
  2. #be9ba1
  3. #b7989e
  4. #b0959a
  5. #a99296
  6. #a38f93
  7. #9c8c8f
  8. #95898b
  9. #8e8687
  10. #878384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a4a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a4a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaaa4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd9ba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a1a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a6a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca9ca2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c59ea5 {
  color: #c59ea5;
}
Background
.bg-c59ea5 {
  background-color: #c59ea5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c59ea5 {
  border: 2px solid #c59ea5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c59ea5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 158 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 25% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c59ea5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c59ea5, #c5ab9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c59ea5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 158 165 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.40 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.32 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.42 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.13 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.30 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.33 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.05 #3a615a Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c59ea5  rgb(197, 158, 165)  hsl(349, 25%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9ec5be  rgb(158, 197, 190)  hsl(169, 25%, 70%)  Opal
#a5c59e  rgb(165, 197, 158)  hsl(109, 25%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9ea5c5  rgb(158, 165, 197)  hsl(229, 25%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder