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#CA979F

#ca979f ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ca979f is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 21.29% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 350.59°, with 32.48% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.58.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3719

Complementary

  1. #ca979f
  2. #97cac2

Split complementary

  1. #ca979f
  2. #97caa9
  3. #97b9ca

Analogous

  1. #ca97b9
  2. #ca979f
  3. #caa997

Triadic

  1. #ca979f
  2. #9fca97
  3. #979fca

Tetradic

  1. #ca979f
  2. #cac297
  3. #97cac2
  4. #979fca

Square

  1. #ca979f
  2. #b9ca97
  3. #97cac2
  4. #a997ca

Monochromatic

  1. #84444e
  2. #b06470
  3. #ca979f
  4. #e4cace
  5. #f8f1f3

Shades

#ca979f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca979f
  2. #b6888f
  3. #a2797f
  4. #8d6a6f
  5. #795b5f
  6. #654c50
  7. #513c40
  8. #3d2d30
  9. #281e20
  10. #140f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca979f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca979f
  2. #cfa1a9
  3. #d5acb2
  4. #dab6bc
  5. #dfc1c5
  6. #e5cbcf
  7. #ead5d9
  8. #efe0e2
  9. #f4eaec
  10. #faf5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca979f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca979f
  2. #c3959c
  3. #bb9299
  4. #b49096
  5. #ac8e93
  6. #a58c90
  7. #9e898c
  8. #968789
  9. #8f8586
  10. #878283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59fa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9f9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa89e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d4939a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b29c9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8a19e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d0959c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca979f {
  color: #ca979f;
}
Background
.bg-ca979f {
  background-color: #ca979f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca979f {
  border: 2px solid #ca979f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca979f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 32% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca979f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca979f, #caa997);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca979f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 159 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.58 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.18 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 5.68 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.62 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 10.08 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.41 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.42 #356860 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ca979f  rgb(202, 151, 159)  hsl(351, 32%, 69%)  Rosy Brown
#97cac2  rgb(151, 202, 194)  hsl(171, 32%, 69%)  Opal
#9fca97  rgb(159, 202, 151)  hsl(111, 32%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green
#979fca  rgb(151, 159, 202)  hsl(231, 32%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder