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#B37C8D

Rose Gold · medium warm pink

About #B37C8D

With the hex code #B37C8D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 49% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 21% yellow and 30% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Rose Gold — a ΔE of 10.0 — followed by Old Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7CB3A2, a sage shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put black text on top of it — 6.18:1, a WCAG AA pass.

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Red179
Green124
Blue141

Closest named colours

Rose Gold
#B76E79 · ΔE 10.0
Old Rose
#C08081 · ΔE 10.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 18.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #B37C8D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #B37C8D.
3.40:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on rose gold #B37C8D.
6.18:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B37C8D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B37C8D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#83868E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#908F8C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BC7982

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B37C8D?

With the hex code #B37C8D, this is a medium pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 49% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 31% magenta, 21% yellow and 30% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #B37C8D?

Use black text. Black on #B37C8D has a contrast ratio of 6.18:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #B37C8D?

Its complementary colour is #7CB3A2, and analogous partners are #B37CA8 and #B3877C.