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#AA6D6E

#aa6d6e ≈ Rose Gold

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aa6d6e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 42.75% green and 43.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.88% magenta, 35.29% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 359.02°, with 26.41% saturation and 54.71% 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 5.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rose Gold (#b76e79), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2061

Complementary

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #6daaa9

Split complementary

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #6daa8b
  3. #6d8daa

Analogous

  1. #aa6d8d
  2. #aa6d6e
  3. #aa8b6d

Triadic

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #6eaa6d
  3. #6d6eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #aaa96d
  3. #6daaa9
  4. #6d6eaa

Square

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #8daa6d
  3. #6daaa9
  4. #8b6daa

Monochromatic

  1. #502e2f
  2. #804b4b
  3. #aa6d6e
  4. #c69d9e
  5. #e2cece

Shades

#aa6d6e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #996263
  3. #885758
  4. #774c4d
  5. #664142
  6. #553737
  7. #442c2c
  8. #332121
  9. #221616
  10. #110b0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa6d6e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #b37c7d
  3. #bb8a8b
  4. #c4999a
  5. #cca7a8
  6. #d5b6b7
  7. #ddc5c5
  8. #e6d3d4
  9. #eee2e2
  10. #f7f0f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa6d6e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa6d6e
  2. #a66f70
  3. #a27172
  4. #9d7373
  5. #997575
  6. #957777
  7. #917879
  8. #8d7a7b
  9. #887c7c
  10. #847e7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #917777 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79766e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87826d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6666e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f736e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #967a6d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1696e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa6d6e {
  color: #aa6d6e;
}
Background
.bg-aa6d6e {
  background-color: #aa6d6e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa6d6e {
  border: 2px solid #aa6d6e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa6d6e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 109 110;
  --color-primary-hsl: 359 26% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa6d6e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa6d6e, #aa8b6d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa6d6e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 109 110 / 0.35);
}

#b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 4.43 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 4.47 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.90 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.04 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 7.75 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 8.82 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 9.05 #559291 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Rose Gold
#aa6d6e  rgb(170, 109, 110)  hsl(359, 26%, 55%)  Rose Gold
#6daaa9  rgb(109, 170, 169)  hsl(179, 26%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#6eaa6d  rgb(110, 170, 109)  hsl(119, 26%, 55%)  Asparagus
#6d6eaa  rgb(109, 110, 170)  hsl(239, 26%, 55%)  Slate Blue