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#AA6A5D

#aa6a5d ≈ Redwood

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aa6a5d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 41.57% green and 36.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.65% magenta, 45.29% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 10.13°, with 31.17% saturation and 51.57% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Redwood (#a45a52), ΔE 5.5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1964

Complementary

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #5d9daa

Split complementary

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #5daa91
  3. #5d77aa

Analogous

  1. #aa5d77
  2. #aa6a5d
  3. #aa915d

Triadic

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #5daa6a
  3. #6a5daa

Tetradic

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #9daa5d
  3. #5d9daa
  4. #6a5daa

Square

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #77aa5d
  3. #5d9daa
  4. #915daa

Monochromatic

  1. #482c26
  2. #7a4a40
  3. #aa6a5d
  4. #c4988f
  5. #dfc6c1

Shades

#aa6a5d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #995f54
  3. #88554a
  4. #774a41
  5. #664038
  6. #55352f
  7. #442a25
  8. #33201c
  9. #221513
  10. #110b09
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa6a5d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #b3796d
  3. #bb887d
  4. #c4978e
  5. #cca69e
  6. #d5b5ae
  7. #ddc3be
  8. #e6d2ce
  9. #eee1df
  10. #f7f0ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa6a5d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa6a5d
  2. #a66c61
  3. #a26e64
  4. #9d7168
  5. #99736b
  6. #95756f
  7. #917772
  8. #8d7976
  9. #887c79
  10. #847e7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #907470 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79735c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88805c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b76167 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f6f5c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97785d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b26563 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa6a5d {
  color: #aa6a5d;
}
Background
.bg-aa6a5d {
  background-color: #aa6a5d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa6a5d {
  border: 2px solid #aa6a5d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa6a5d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 106 93;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 31% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa6a5d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa6a5d, #aa915d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa6a5d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 106 93 / 0.35);
}

#a45a52 Redwood ΔE 5.50 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 6.70 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.84 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.85 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.00 #a67b5b Cafe au Lait ΔE 10.89 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 11.21 #5595a2 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Redwood
#aa6a5d  rgb(170, 106, 93)  hsl(10, 31%, 52%)  Redwood
#5d9daa  rgb(93, 157, 170)  hsl(190, 31%, 52%)  Cadet Blue
#5daa6a  rgb(93, 170, 106)  hsl(130, 31%, 52%)  Medium Sea Green
#6a5daa  rgb(106, 93, 170)  hsl(250, 31%, 52%)  Royal Purple