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#C79CA4

#c79ca4 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c79ca4 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 61.18% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.61% magenta, 17.59% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 348.84°, with 27.74% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.386

Complementary

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #9cc7bf

Split complementary

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #9cc7aa
  3. #9cbac7

Analogous

  1. #c79cba
  2. #c79ca4
  3. #c7aa9c

Triadic

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #a4c79c
  3. #9ca4c7

Tetradic

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #c7bf9c
  3. #9cc7bf
  4. #9ca4c7

Square

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #bac79c
  3. #9cc7bf
  4. #aa9cc7

Monochromatic

  1. #814953
  2. #ab6b77
  3. #c79ca4
  4. #e3cdd1
  5. #f8f2f3

Shades

#c79ca4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #b38c94
  3. #9f7d83
  4. #8b6d73
  5. #775e62
  6. #644e52
  7. #503e42
  8. #3c2f31
  9. #281f21
  10. #141010
  11. #000000

Tints

#c79ca4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #cda6ad
  3. #d2b0b6
  4. #d8babf
  5. #ddc4c8
  6. #e3ced2
  7. #e9d7db
  8. #eee1e4
  9. #f4ebed
  10. #f9f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c79ca4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c79ca4
  2. #c099a0
  3. #b9969d
  4. #b29499
  5. #ab9196
  6. #a48e92
  7. #9c8b8e
  8. #95888b
  9. #8e8687
  10. #878384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a3a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a2a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaaa3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf999f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a0a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a4a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc9aa1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c79ca4 {
  color: #c79ca4;
}
Background
.bg-c79ca4 {
  background-color: #c79ca4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c79ca4 {
  border: 2px solid #c79ca4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c79ca4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 156 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 28% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c79ca4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c79ca4, #c7aa9c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c79ca4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 156 164 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.14 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 5.99 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.05 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.52 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.79 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.95 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.33 #38635b Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c79ca4  rgb(199, 156, 164)  hsl(349, 28%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9cc7bf  rgb(156, 199, 191)  hsl(169, 28%, 70%)  Opal
#a4c79c  rgb(164, 199, 156)  hsl(109, 28%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9ca4c7  rgb(156, 164, 199)  hsl(229, 28%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder