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#CB9CA7

#cb9ca7 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#cb9ca7 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 61.18% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 23.15% magenta, 17.73% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 345.96°, with 31.13% saturation and 70.39% 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 8.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 6.08.

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Relative luminance0.3926

Complementary

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #9ccbc0

Split complementary

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #9ccba8
  3. #9cbecb

Analogous

  1. #cb9cbe
  2. #cb9ca7
  3. #cba89c

Triadic

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #a7cb9c
  3. #9ca7cb

Tetradic

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #cbc09c
  3. #9ccbc0
  4. #9ca7cb

Square

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #becb9c
  3. #9ccbc0
  4. #a89ccb

Monochromatic

  1. #874756
  2. #b16a7a
  3. #cb9ca7
  4. #e5ced4
  5. #f8f2f3

Shades

#cb9ca7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #b78c96
  3. #a27d86
  4. #8e6d75
  5. #7a5e64
  6. #664e54
  7. #513e43
  8. #3d2f32
  9. #291f21
  10. #141011
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb9ca7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #d0a6b0
  3. #d5b0b9
  4. #dbbac1
  5. #e0c4ca
  6. #e5ced3
  7. #ead7dc
  8. #efe1e5
  9. #f5ebed
  10. #faf5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb9ca7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb9ca7
  2. #c499a3
  3. #bc969f
  4. #b5949b
  5. #ad9197
  6. #a68e94
  7. #9e8b90
  8. #97888c
  9. #8f8688
  10. #888384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7a3a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a3a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adaba6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d499a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a0a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #baa5a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d09aa3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb9ca7 {
  color: #cb9ca7;
}
Background
.bg-cb9ca7 {
  background-color: #cb9ca7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb9ca7 {
  border: 2px solid #cb9ca7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb9ca7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 156 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 31% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb9ca7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb9ca7, #cba89c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb9ca7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 156 167 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.08 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 6.08 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.26 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.97 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 9.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.54 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 9.57 #346358 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#cb9ca7  rgb(203, 156, 167)  hsl(346, 31%, 70%)  Rosy Brown
#9ccbc0  rgb(156, 203, 192)  hsl(166, 31%, 70%)  Opal
#a7cb9c  rgb(167, 203, 156)  hsl(106, 31%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green
#9ca7cb  rgb(156, 167, 203)  hsl(226, 31%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder