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#A0898C

#a0898c ≈ Taupe Gray

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a0898c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 53.73% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.38% magenta, 12.5% yellow and 37.25% black. Its hue angle is 352.17°, with 10.8% saturation and 58.24% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 6.45:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 7.54.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2726

Complementary

  1. #a0898c
  2. #89a09d

Split complementary

  1. #a0898c
  2. #89a092
  3. #8998a0

Analogous

  1. #a08998
  2. #a0898c
  3. #a09289

Triadic

  1. #a0898c
  2. #8ca089
  3. #898ca0

Tetradic

  1. #a0898c
  2. #a09d89
  3. #89a09d
  4. #898ca0

Square

  1. #a0898c
  2. #98a089
  3. #89a09d
  4. #9289a0

Monochromatic

  1. #504042
  2. #7a6265
  3. #a0898c
  4. #c2b3b5
  5. #e4dedf

Shades

#a0898c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0898c
  2. #907b7e
  3. #806e70
  4. #706062
  5. #605254
  6. #504546
  7. #403738
  8. #30292a
  9. #201b1c
  10. #100e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0898c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0898c
  2. #aa9598
  3. #b3a1a3
  4. #bdacaf
  5. #c6b8ba
  6. #d0c4c6
  7. #d9d0d1
  8. #e3dcdd
  9. #ece7e8
  10. #f6f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0898c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0898c
  2. #9d888b
  3. #9a878a
  4. #968688
  5. #938587
  6. #908586
  7. #8d8485
  8. #8a8384
  9. #868282
  10. #838181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #968c8e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c8c8c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91908c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5878a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #958b8c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978d8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3888b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0898c {
  color: #a0898c;
}
Background
.bg-a0898c {
  background-color: #a0898c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0898c {
  border: 2px solid #a0898c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0898c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 137 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 11% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0898c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0898c, #a09289);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0898c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 137 140 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 7.54 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.72 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.77 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.19 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 9.76 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.56 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 11.11 #5f7673 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#a0898c  rgb(160, 137, 140)  hsl(352, 11%, 58%)  Taupe Gray
#89a09d  rgb(137, 160, 157)  hsl(172, 11%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#8ca089  rgb(140, 160, 137)  hsl(112, 11%, 58%)  Xanadu
#898ca0  rgb(137, 140, 160)  hsl(232, 11%, 58%)  Cool Gray