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#BC697C

#bc697c ≈ Rose Gold

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bc697c 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 48.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 44.15% magenta, 34.04% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 346.27°, 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 5.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Gold (#b76e79), ΔE 2.65.

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Relative luminance0.2225

Complementary

  1. #bc697c
  2. #69bca9

Split complementary

  1. #bc697c
  2. #69bc80
  3. #69a5bc

Analogous

  1. #bc69a5
  2. #bc697c
  3. #bc8069

Triadic

  1. #bc697c
  2. #7cbc69
  3. #697cbc

Tetradic

  1. #bc697c
  2. #bca969
  3. #69bca9
  4. #697cbc

Square

  1. #bc697c
  2. #a5bc69
  3. #69bca9
  4. #8069bc

Monochromatic

  1. #612b37
  2. #964356
  3. #bc697c
  4. #d49eaa
  5. #ebd3d8

Shades

#bc697c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc697c
  2. #a95f70
  3. #965463
  4. #844a57
  5. #713f4a
  6. #5e353e
  7. #4b2a32
  8. #382025
  9. #261519
  10. #130b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc697c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc697c
  2. #c37889
  3. #c98796
  4. #d096a3
  5. #d7a5b0
  6. #deb4be
  7. #e4c3cb
  8. #ebd2d8
  9. #f2e1e5
  10. #f8f0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc697c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc697c
  2. #b66b7c
  3. #b06e7d
  4. #aa707d
  5. #a4727e
  6. #9e757e
  7. #98777e
  8. #92797f
  9. #8c7b7f
  10. #867e80
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c7980 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77787c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c887a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c96270 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97727c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a17d7b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c46575 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc697c {
  color: #bc697c;
}
Background
.bg-bc697c {
  background-color: #bc697c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc697c {
  border: 2px solid #bc697c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc697c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 105 124;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc697c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc697c, #bc8069);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc697c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 105 124 / 0.35);
}

#b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 2.65 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 3.12 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.71 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.18 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.28 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.17 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 9.73 #439683 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Rose Gold
#bc697c  rgb(188, 105, 124)  hsl(346, 38%, 57%)  Rose Gold
#69bca9  rgb(105, 188, 169)  hsl(166, 38%, 57%)  Medium Aquamarine
#7cbc69  rgb(124, 188, 105)  hsl(106, 38%, 57%)  Mantis
#697cbc  rgb(105, 124, 188)  hsl(226, 38%, 57%)  Glaucous