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#C79B95

#c79b95 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c79b95 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 60.78% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.11% magenta, 25.13% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 7.2°, with 30.86% saturation and 68.24% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.3.

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Relative luminance0.3775

Complementary

  1. #c79b95
  2. #95c1c7

Split complementary

  1. #c79b95
  2. #95c7b4
  3. #95a8c7

Analogous

  1. #c795a8
  2. #c79b95
  3. #c7b495

Triadic

  1. #c79b95
  2. #95c79b
  3. #9b95c7

Tetradic

  1. #c79b95
  2. #c1c795
  3. #95c1c7
  4. #9b95c7

Square

  1. #c79b95
  2. #a8c795
  3. #95c1c7
  4. #b495c7

Monochromatic

  1. #804b43
  2. #ad6c63
  3. #c79b95
  4. #e1cac7
  5. #f8f2f2

Shades

#c79b95 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c79b95
  2. #b38c86
  3. #9f7c77
  4. #8b6d68
  5. #775d59
  6. #644e4b
  7. #503e3c
  8. #3c2f2d
  9. #281f1e
  10. #14100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c79b95 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c79b95
  2. #cda5a0
  3. #d2afaa
  4. #d8b9b5
  5. #ddc3bf
  6. #e3cdca
  7. #e9d7d5
  8. #eee1df
  9. #f4ebea
  10. #f9f5f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c79b95 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c79b95
  2. #c09893
  3. #b99691
  4. #b2938f
  5. #ab908d
  6. #a48e8b
  7. #9c8b88
  8. #958886
  9. #8e8584
  10. #878382
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a094 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aea995 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d19699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b39e95 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9a395 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cd9898 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c79b95 {
  color: #c79b95;
}
Background
.bg-c79b95 {
  background-color: #c79b95;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c79b95 {
  border: 2px solid #c79b95;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c79b95;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 155 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 31% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c79b95 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c79b95, #c7b495);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c79b95 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 155 149 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.30 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 5.44 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.09 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.63 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.26 #e9967a Dark Salmon ΔE 10.55 #fdbcb4 Melon ΔE 11.15 #38646a Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c79b95  rgb(199, 155, 149)  hsl(7, 31%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#95c1c7  rgb(149, 193, 199)  hsl(187, 31%, 68%)  Opal
#95c79b  rgb(149, 199, 155)  hsl(127, 31%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#9b95c7  rgb(155, 149, 199)  hsl(247, 31%, 68%)  Cool Gray