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#A294AE

#a294ae ≈ Rose Quartz

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a294ae is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 58.04% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.9% cyan, 14.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 272.31°, with 13.83% saturation and 63.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 3.88.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3192

Complementary

  1. #a294ae
  2. #a0ae94

Split complementary

  1. #a294ae
  2. #adae94
  3. #94ae95

Analogous

  1. #9594ae
  2. #a294ae
  3. #ae94ad

Triadic

  1. #a294ae
  2. #aea294
  3. #94aea2

Tetradic

  1. #a294ae
  2. #ae94a0
  3. #a0ae94
  4. #94aea2

Square

  1. #a294ae
  2. #ae9594
  3. #a0ae94
  4. #94adae

Monochromatic

  1. #554960
  2. #7c6a8c
  3. #a294ae
  4. #c8c0cf
  5. #eeebf0

Shades

#a294ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a294ae
  2. #92859d
  3. #82768b
  4. #71687a
  5. #615968
  6. #514a57
  7. #413b46
  8. #312c34
  9. #201e23
  10. #100f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#a294ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a294ae
  2. #ab9fb6
  3. #b5a9be
  4. #beb4c6
  5. #c7bfce
  6. #d1cad7
  7. #dad4df
  8. #e3dfe7
  9. #eceaef
  10. #f6f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a294ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a294ae
  2. #9f92a9
  3. #9b90a5
  4. #988ea0
  5. #948c9c
  6. #918a97
  7. #8e8892
  8. #8a868e
  9. #878489
  10. #838285
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d97a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9098af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9399ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1979d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9897af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9997ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a196a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a294ae {
  color: #a294ae;
}
Background
.bg-a294ae {
  background-color: #a294ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a294ae {
  border: 2px solid #a294ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a294ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 148 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a294ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a294ae, #ae94ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a294ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 148 174 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 3.88 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.52 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.45 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.00 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 11.65 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.80 #5d6b51 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#a294ae  rgb(162, 148, 174)  hsl(272, 14%, 63%)  Rose Quartz
#a0ae94  rgb(160, 174, 148)  hsl(92, 14%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#aea294  rgb(174, 162, 148)  hsl(32, 14%, 63%)  Dark Gray
#94aea2  rgb(148, 174, 162)  hsl(152, 14%, 63%)  Opal