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#B9727F

#b9727f ≈ Turkish Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#b9727f is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 44.71% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.38% magenta, 31.35% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 349.01°, with 33.65% saturation and 58.63% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Turkish Rose (#b57281), ΔE 1.33.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2388

Complementary

  1. #b9727f
  2. #72b9ac

Split complementary

  1. #b9727f
  2. #72b989
  3. #72a3b9

Analogous

  1. #b972a3
  2. #b9727f
  3. #b98972

Triadic

  1. #b9727f
  2. #7fb972
  3. #727fb9

Tetradic

  1. #b9727f
  2. #b9ac72
  3. #72b9ac
  4. #727fb9

Square

  1. #b9727f
  2. #a3b972
  3. #72b9ac
  4. #8972b9

Monochromatic

  1. #623039
  2. #954a58
  3. #b9727f
  4. #d2a5ad
  5. #ecd8dc

Shades

#b9727f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9727f
  2. #a76772
  3. #945b66
  4. #825059
  5. #6f444c
  6. #5d3940
  7. #4a2e33
  8. #382226
  9. #251719
  10. #130b0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9727f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9727f
  2. #c0808c
  3. #c78e99
  4. #ce9ca5
  5. #d5aab2
  6. #dcb9bf
  7. #e3c7cc
  8. #ead5d9
  9. #f1e3e5
  10. #f8f1f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9727f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9727f
  2. #b3737f
  3. #ae757f
  4. #a8767f
  5. #a2787f
  6. #9d7980
  7. #977a80
  8. #917c80
  9. #8b7d80
  10. #867f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d7f83 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7e7f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f8b7e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c56c77 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99797f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1827e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c06e7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9727f {
  color: #b9727f;
}
Background
.bg-b9727f {
  background-color: #b9727f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9727f {
  border: 2px solid #b9727f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9727f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 114 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 34% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9727f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9727f, #b98972);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9727f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 114 127 / 0.35);
}

#b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 1.33 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 1.60 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.71 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.31 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.81 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.53 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 9.23 #468d80 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Turkish Rose
#b9727f  rgb(185, 114, 127)  hsl(349, 34%, 59%)  Turkish Rose
#72b9ac  rgb(114, 185, 172)  hsl(169, 34%, 59%)  Verdigris
#7fb972  rgb(127, 185, 114)  hsl(109, 34%, 59%)  Mantis
#727fb9  rgb(114, 127, 185)  hsl(229, 34%, 59%)  Glaucous