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#AA7774

#aa7774 ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aa7774 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 46.67% green and 45.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 31.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 3.33°, with 24.11% saturation and 56.08% 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 5.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 5.49.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.23

Complementary

  1. #aa7774
  2. #74a7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aa7774
  2. #74aa92
  3. #748caa

Analogous

  1. #aa748c
  2. #aa7774
  3. #aa9274

Triadic

  1. #aa7774
  2. #74aa77
  3. #7774aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa7774
  2. #a7aa74
  3. #74a7aa
  4. #7774aa

Square

  1. #aa7774
  2. #8caa74
  3. #74a7aa
  4. #9274aa

Monochromatic

  1. #533432
  2. #82524f
  3. #aa7774
  4. #c7a5a3
  5. #e4d4d3

Shades

#aa7774 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa7774
  2. #996b68
  3. #885f5d
  4. #775351
  5. #664746
  6. #553c3a
  7. #44302e
  8. #332423
  9. #221817
  10. #110c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa7774 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa7774
  2. #b38582
  3. #bb9290
  4. #c4a09e
  5. #ccadac
  6. #d5bbba
  7. #ddc9c7
  8. #e6d6d5
  9. #eee4e3
  10. #f7f1f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa7774 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa7774
  2. #a67875
  3. #a27976
  4. #9d7a78
  5. #997b79
  6. #957c7a
  7. #917c7b
  8. #8d7d7c
  9. #887e7e
  10. #847f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #957f7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #817e74 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d8873 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b57176 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #937b74 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #998174 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b07475 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa7774 {
  color: #aa7774;
}
Background
.bg-aa7774 {
  background-color: #aa7774;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa7774 {
  border: 2px solid #aa7774;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa7774;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 119 116;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 24% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa7774 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa7774, #aa9274);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa7774 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 119 116 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 5.49 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 6.47 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 6.56 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.15 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.93 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.02 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 10.24 #55888b Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Old Rose
#aa7774  rgb(170, 119, 116)  hsl(3, 24%, 56%)  Old Rose
#74a7aa  rgb(116, 167, 170)  hsl(183, 24%, 56%)  Cadet Blue
#74aa77  rgb(116, 170, 119)  hsl(123, 24%, 56%)  Asparagus
#7774aa  rgb(119, 116, 170)  hsl(243, 24%, 56%)  Purple Mountain Majesty