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#C899A2

#c899a2 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c899a2 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 60% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.5% magenta, 19% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 348.51°, with 29.94% saturation and 69.22% 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 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.91.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3767

Complementary

  1. #c899a2
  2. #99c8bf

Split complementary

  1. #c899a2
  2. #99c8a8
  3. #99bac8

Analogous

  1. #c899ba
  2. #c899a2
  3. #c8a899

Triadic

  1. #c899a2
  2. #a2c899
  3. #99a2c8

Tetradic

  1. #c899a2
  2. #c8bf99
  3. #99c8bf
  4. #99a2c8

Square

  1. #c899a2
  2. #bac899
  3. #99c8bf
  4. #a899c8

Monochromatic

  1. #824652
  2. #ad6775
  3. #c899a2
  4. #e3cbcf
  5. #f8f2f3

Shades

#c899a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c899a2
  2. #b48a92
  3. #a07a82
  4. #8c6b71
  5. #785c61
  6. #644d51
  7. #503d41
  8. #3c2e31
  9. #281f20
  10. #140f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#c899a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c899a2
  2. #cea3ab
  3. #d3adb5
  4. #d9b8be
  5. #dec2c7
  6. #e4ccd1
  7. #e9d6da
  8. #efe0e3
  9. #f4ebec
  10. #faf5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c899a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c899a2
  2. #c1979f
  3. #ba949b
  4. #b29298
  5. #ab8f94
  6. #a48d91
  7. #9d8a8e
  8. #96888a
  9. #8e8587
  10. #878383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a0a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a0a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa8a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d1969c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b19da2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7a2a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cd979e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c899a2 {
  color: #c899a2;
}
Background
.bg-c899a2 {
  background-color: #c899a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c899a2 {
  border: 2px solid #c899a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c899a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 153 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 30% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c899a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c899a2, #c8a899);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c899a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 153 162 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.91 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.86 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.06 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.50 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.36 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.57 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.68 #37665d Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c899a2  rgb(200, 153, 162)  hsl(349, 30%, 69%)  Rosy Brown
#99c8bf  rgb(153, 200, 191)  hsl(169, 30%, 69%)  Opal
#a2c899  rgb(162, 200, 153)  hsl(109, 30%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green
#99a2c8  rgb(153, 162, 200)  hsl(229, 30%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder