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#BC697B

#bc697b ≈ Rose Gold

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bc697b is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 41.18% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.15% magenta, 34.57% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 346.99°, with 38.25% saturation and 57.45% 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 5.44:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Gold (#b76e79), ΔE 2.42.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2222

Complementary

  1. #bc697b
  2. #69bcaa

Split complementary

  1. #bc697b
  2. #69bc80
  3. #69a4bc

Analogous

  1. #bc69a4
  2. #bc697b
  3. #bc8069

Triadic

  1. #bc697b
  2. #7bbc69
  3. #697bbc

Tetradic

  1. #bc697b
  2. #bcaa69
  3. #69bcaa
  4. #697bbc

Square

  1. #bc697b
  2. #a4bc69
  3. #69bcaa
  4. #8069bc

Monochromatic

  1. #612b37
  2. #964355
  3. #bc697b
  4. #d49eaa
  5. #ebd3d8

Shades

#bc697b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc697b
  2. #a95f6f
  3. #965462
  4. #844a56
  5. #713f4a
  6. #5e353e
  7. #4b2a31
  8. #382025
  9. #261519
  10. #130b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc697b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc697b
  2. #c37888
  3. #c98795
  4. #d096a3
  5. #d7a5b0
  6. #deb4bd
  7. #e4c3ca
  8. #ebd2d7
  9. #f2e1e5
  10. #f8f0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc697b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc697b
  2. #b66b7c
  3. #b06e7c
  4. #aa707d
  5. #a4727d
  6. #9e757e
  7. #98777e
  8. #92797f
  9. #8c7b7f
  10. #867e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c797f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77787b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c8879 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9626f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98727b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a17d7a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c46574 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc697b {
  color: #bc697b;
}
Background
.bg-bc697b {
  background-color: #bc697b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc697b {
  border: 2px solid #bc697b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc697b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 105 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc697b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc697b, #bc8069);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc697b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 105 123 / 0.35);
}

#b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 2.42 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 3.16 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.80 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.34 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.10 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.23 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 9.57 #439684 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Rose Gold
#bc697b  rgb(188, 105, 123)  hsl(347, 38%, 57%)  Rose Gold
#69bcaa  rgb(105, 188, 170)  hsl(167, 38%, 57%)  Verdigris
#7bbc69  rgb(123, 188, 105)  hsl(107, 38%, 57%)  Mantis
#697bbc  rgb(105, 123, 188)  hsl(227, 38%, 57%)  Glaucous