#BD99A0

A light, muted red closely aligning with Rosybrown.

About #BD99A0

When working with digital screens, the color #BD99A0 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Rosybrown. In the RGB color space, it consists of 189 red, 153 green, and 160 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 19% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD99A0
RGB189, 153, 160
HSL348.3°, 21.4%, 67.1%
CMYK0%, 19%, 15%, 26%
HSV348.3°, 19.0%, 74.1%
LAB66.6, 14.5, 1.4
XYZ38.7, 36.1, 38.2
Decimal12425632

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.55:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.23:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.44:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.99:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD99A0; }
.text-color { color: #BD99A0; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD99A0; }

Similar Colors

Rosybrown
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