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#c99daa ≈ Rosy Brown

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c99daa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 61.57% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.89% magenta, 15.42% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 342.27°, with 28.95% saturation and 70.2% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. 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 8.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 6.73.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3943

Complementary

  1. #c99daa
  2. #9dc9bc

Split complementary

  1. #c99daa
  2. #9dc9a6
  3. #9dc0c9

Analogous

  1. #c99dc0
  2. #c99daa
  3. #c9a69d

Triadic

  1. #c99daa
  2. #aac99d
  3. #9daac9

Tetradic

  1. #c99daa
  2. #c9bc9d
  3. #9dc9bc
  4. #9daac9

Square

  1. #c99daa
  2. #c0c99d
  3. #9dc9bc
  4. #a69dc9

Monochromatic

  1. #84495a
  2. #ae6c7f
  3. #c99daa
  4. #e4ced5
  5. #f8f2f4

Shades

#c99daa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c99daa
  2. #b58d99
  3. #a17e88
  4. #8d6e77
  5. #795e66
  6. #654f55
  7. #503f44
  8. #3c2f33
  9. #281f22
  10. #141011
  11. #000000

Tints

#c99daa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c99daa
  2. #cea7b3
  3. #d4b1bb
  4. #d9bac4
  5. #dfc4cc
  6. #e4ced5
  7. #e9d8dd
  8. #efe2e6
  9. #f4ebee
  10. #faf5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c99daa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c99daa
  2. #c29aa6
  3. #ba97a2
  4. #b3949d
  5. #ac9199
  6. #a58f95
  7. #9d8c91
  8. #96898d
  9. #8f8688
  10. #878384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a4a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a4aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d19ba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a1aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a6a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ce9ca5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c99daa {
  color: #c99daa;
}
Background
.bg-c99daa {
  background-color: #c99daa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c99daa {
  border: 2px solid #c99daa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c99daa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 157 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 342 29% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c99daa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c99daa, #c9a69d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c99daa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 157 170 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.73 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.83 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.98 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.92 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.60 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.68 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 9.13 #366255 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#c99daa  rgb(201, 157, 170)  hsl(342, 29%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9dc9bc  rgb(157, 201, 188)  hsl(162, 29%, 70%)  Opal
#aac99d  rgb(170, 201, 157)  hsl(102, 29%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9daac9  rgb(157, 170, 201)  hsl(222, 29%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder