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#A87A7A

#a87a7a ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a87a7a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 47.84% green and 47.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.38% magenta, 27.38% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 20.91% saturation and 56.86% lightness in HSL. It is a warm 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 5.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2365

Complementary

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #7aa8a8

Split complementary

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #7aa891
  3. #7a91a8

Analogous

  1. #a87a91
  2. #a87a7a
  3. #a8917a

Triadic

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #7aa87a
  3. #7a7aa8

Tetradic

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #a8a87a
  3. #7aa8a8
  4. #7a7aa8

Square

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #91a87a
  3. #7aa8a8
  4. #917aa8

Monochromatic

  1. #533636
  2. #815454
  3. #a87a7a
  4. #c6a8a8
  5. #e4d6d6

Shades

#a87a7a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #976e6e
  3. #866262
  4. #765555
  5. #654949
  6. #543d3d
  7. #433131
  8. #322525
  9. #221818
  10. #110c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#a87a7a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #b18787
  3. #b99595
  4. #c2a2a2
  5. #cbafaf
  6. #d4bdbd
  7. #dccaca
  8. #e5d7d7
  9. #eee4e4
  10. #f6f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a87a7a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a87a7a
  2. #a47b7b
  3. #a07b7b
  4. #9c7c7c
  5. #987c7c
  6. #947d7d
  7. #907e7e
  8. #8c7e7e
  9. #887f7f
  10. #847f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #958181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82807a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d8979 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1757a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #937e7a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99837a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae777a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a87a7a {
  color: #a87a7a;
}
Background
.bg-a87a7a {
  background-color: #a87a7a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a87a7a {
  border: 2px solid #a87a7a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a87a7a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 122 122;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 21% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a87a7a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a87a7a, #a8917a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a87a7a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 122 122 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.59 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 6.68 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.69 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.98 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.28 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.96 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.13 #578585 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Old Rose
#a87a7a  rgb(168, 122, 122)  hsl(0, 21%, 57%)  Old Rose
#7aa8a8  rgb(122, 168, 168)  hsl(180, 21%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#7aa87a  rgb(122, 168, 122)  hsl(120, 21%, 57%)  Asparagus
#7a7aa8  rgb(122, 122, 168)  hsl(240, 21%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty