HEX #cc9999 RGB 204, 153, 153 CMYK 0, 25, 25, 20 HSL 0°, 33%, 70% Color space conversion Color names CSS notation Tints, shades and tones Color harmonies Pantone color matching RAL color matching NCS color matching Get color from image Share this color!
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Conversion of this color for each color space representation
| RGB open » |
| Red | Green | Blue |
| 80% | 60% | 60% |
| HSL open » |
| Hue | Saturation | Lightness |
| 0° | 33.33% | 70% |
| HSV / HSB |
| Hue | Saturation | Value / Brightness |
| 0° | 25% | 80% |
| RGB - Normalized |
| Red | Green | Blue |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| HSL - Normalized |
| Hue | Saturation | Lightness |
| 0 | 0.33 | 0.7 |
| HSV / HSB - Normalized |
| Hue | Saturation | Value / Brightness |
| 0 | 0.25 | 0.8 |
| CMYK open » |
| Cyan | Magenta | Yellow | Black |
| 0% | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| YCbCr |
| Y | Cb | Cr |
| 0.66 | -0.03 | 0.1 |
| XYZ |
| X | Y | Z |
| 42.04 | 37.92 | 35.24 |
| CIE Lab |
| L | a | b |
| 67.96 | 19.06 | 7.44 |
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CSS notation
Use this for all CSS properties that accept a color as a value: color, background-color, border-color #cc9999 #c99 rgb(204,153,153) hsl(0, 33%, 70%)
Tints, Shades, and Tones
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Tints
A tint is obtained by adding white to a color. This process reduces darkness. #cc9999 #d6adad #e0c2c2 #ebd6d6 #f5ebeb
Shades
A shade is obtained by adding black to a color. This process increases darkness. #cc9999 #b46969 #8f4747 #5f3030 #301818
Tones
A tone is produced either by mixing a color with grey, or by both tinting and shading. #cc9999 #c79e9e #c2a3a3 #bda8a8 #b8adad
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Color Harmonies
Schemes of colors that work well together. Read more about Color Harmonies »
Complementary
Create the strongest contrast. #cc9999 #99cccc
Triad
Let one color dominate and use the other two for the accent. #9999cc #cc9999 #99cc99
Square
Balance between warm and cool colors. #b399cc #cc9999 #b3cc99 #99cccc
Adjacent / Analogous / Analogic
Pleasing and harmonious to the eye, they can be found in nature. #cc99b3 #cc9999 #ccb399
Split Complementary
Low tension, strong visual contrast. #99b3cc #cc9999 #99ccb3
Rectangle / Tetradic
Two complementary pairs for a total of four colors. #9999cc #cc9999 #cccc99 #99cccc #cc99cc #cc9999 #99cc99 #99cccc
Pentagram
Circle around the color wheel, five colors. #cc9999 #c2cc99 #99ccad #99adcc #c299cc