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#AA8C8A

#aa8c8a ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aa8c8a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 54.9% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 18.82% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 3.75°, with 15.84% saturation and 60.39% 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 6.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2914

Complementary

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #8aa8aa

Split complementary

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #8aaa9c
  3. #8a98aa

Analogous

  1. #aa8a98
  2. #aa8c8a
  3. #aa9c8a

Triadic

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #8aaa8c
  3. #8c8aaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #a8aa8a
  3. #8aa8aa
  4. #8c8aaa

Square

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #98aa8a
  3. #8aa8aa
  4. #9c8aaa

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4341
  2. #866461
  3. #aa8c8a
  4. #cab8b6
  5. #eae3e3

Shades

#aa8c8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #997e7c
  3. #88706e
  4. #776261
  5. #665453
  6. #554645
  7. #443837
  8. #332a29
  9. #221c1c
  10. #110e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8c8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #b39896
  3. #bba3a1
  4. #c4afad
  5. #ccbab9
  6. #d5c6c5
  7. #ddd1d0
  8. #e6dddc
  9. #eee8e8
  10. #f7f4f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8c8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8c8a
  2. #a68b89
  3. #a28a88
  4. #9d8887
  5. #998786
  6. #958685
  7. #918584
  8. #8d8483
  9. #888282
  10. #848181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d908f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91908a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98958a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1898c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c8e8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0928a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae8a8b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8c8a {
  color: #aa8c8a;
}
Background
.bg-aa8c8a {
  background-color: #aa8c8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8c8a {
  border: 2px solid #aa8c8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8c8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 140 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 16% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8c8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8c8a, #aa9c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8c8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 140 138 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.07 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.26 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.93 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.51 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.14 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.36 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.40 #557375 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#aa8c8a  rgb(170, 140, 138)  hsl(4, 16%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#8aa8aa  rgb(138, 168, 170)  hsl(184, 16%, 60%)  Opal
#8aaa8c  rgb(138, 170, 140)  hsl(124, 16%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#8c8aaa  rgb(140, 138, 170)  hsl(244, 16%, 60%)  Cool Gray