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#A18E9B

#a18e9b ≈ Rose Quartz

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#a18e9b is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.14% red, 55.69% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.8% magenta, 3.73% yellow and 36.86% black. Its hue angle is 318.95°, with 9.18% saturation and 59.41% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2929

Complementary

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #8ea194

Split complementary

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #91a18e
  3. #8ea19d

Analogous

  1. #9d8ea1
  2. #a18e9b
  3. #a18e91

Triadic

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #9ba18e
  3. #8e9ba1

Tetradic

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #a1948e
  3. #8ea194
  4. #8e9ba1

Square

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #a19d8e
  3. #8ea194
  4. #8e91a1

Monochromatic

  1. #52444e
  2. #7c6775
  3. #a18e9b
  4. #c4b8c0
  5. #e6e2e5

Shades

#a18e9b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #91808c
  3. #81727c
  4. #71636d
  5. #61555d
  6. #51474e
  7. #40393e
  8. #302b2f
  9. #201c1f
  10. #100e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#a18e9b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #aa99a5
  3. #b4a5af
  4. #bdb0b9
  5. #c7bbc3
  6. #d0c7cd
  7. #d9d2d7
  8. #e3dde1
  9. #ece8eb
  10. #f6f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a18e9b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a18e9b
  2. #9e8d98
  3. #9a8b96
  4. #978a93
  5. #948890
  6. #91878e
  7. #8d868b
  8. #8a8488
  9. #878385
  10. #838183
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999196 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e929c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92949a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a38e92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96909b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98929b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a28e96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a18e9b {
  color: #a18e9b;
}
Background
.bg-a18e9b {
  background-color: #a18e9b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a18e9b {
  border: 2px solid #a18e9b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a18e9b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 161 142 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 319 9% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a18e9b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a18e9b, #a18e91);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a18e9b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(161 142 155 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 3.60 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.54 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.44 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 8.25 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.86 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.18 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 11.40 #5e7164 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#a18e9b  rgb(161, 142, 155)  hsl(319, 9%, 59%)  Rose Quartz
#8ea194  rgb(142, 161, 148)  hsl(139, 9%, 59%)  Xanadu
#9ba18e  rgb(155, 161, 142)  hsl(79, 9%, 59%)  Ash Gray
#8e9ba1  rgb(142, 155, 161)  hsl(199, 9%, 59%)  Dark Gray