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#C9727E

#c9727e ≈ Rose Gold

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c9727e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 44.71% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 43.28% magenta, 37.31% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 351.72°, with 44.62% saturation and 61.76% 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 6.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Gold (#b76e79), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.2596

Complementary

  1. #c9727e
  2. #72c9bd

Split complementary

  1. #c9727e
  2. #72c991
  3. #72a9c9

Analogous

  1. #c972a9
  2. #c9727e
  3. #c99172

Triadic

  1. #c9727e
  2. #7ec972
  3. #727ec9

Tetradic

  1. #c9727e
  2. #c9bd72
  3. #72c9bd
  4. #727ec9

Square

  1. #c9727e
  2. #a9c972
  3. #72c9bd
  4. #9172c9

Monochromatic

  1. #752d37
  2. #ac4251
  3. #c9727e
  4. #dea9b1
  5. #f3e1e3

Shades

#c9727e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9727e
  2. #b56771
  3. #a15b65
  4. #8d5058
  5. #79444c
  6. #65393f
  7. #502e32
  8. #3c2226
  9. #281719
  10. #140b0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9727e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9727e
  2. #ce808b
  3. #d48e98
  4. #d99ca5
  5. #dfaab2
  6. #e4b9bf
  7. #e9c7cb
  8. #efd5d8
  9. #f4e3e5
  10. #faf1f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9727e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9727e
  2. #c2737e
  3. #ba757e
  4. #b3767f
  5. #ac787f
  6. #a5797f
  7. #9d7a7f
  8. #967c7f
  9. #8f7d80
  10. #877f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a88286 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82817e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98927c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d86976 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a37b7e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae867d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d26d7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9727e {
  color: #c9727e;
}
Background
.bg-c9727e {
  background-color: #c9727e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9727e {
  border: 2px solid #c9727e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9727e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 114 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 45% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9727e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9727e, #c99172);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9727e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 114 126 / 0.35);
}

#b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 3.87 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 4.82 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.34 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.59 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.90 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.11 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.57 #368d81 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Rose Gold
#c9727e  rgb(201, 114, 126)  hsl(352, 45%, 62%)  Rose Gold
#72c9bd  rgb(114, 201, 189)  hsl(172, 45%, 62%)  Medium Turquoise
#7ec972  rgb(126, 201, 114)  hsl(112, 45%, 62%)  Mantis
#727ec9  rgb(114, 126, 201)  hsl(232, 45%, 62%)  Glaucous