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#AA9596

#aa9596 ≈ Rose Quartz

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aa9596 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 58.43% green and 58.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.35% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 357.14°, with 10.99% saturation and 62.55% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 6.95.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3224

Complementary

  1. #aa9596
  2. #95aaa9

Split complementary

  1. #aa9596
  2. #95aa9f
  3. #95a1aa

Analogous

  1. #aa95a1
  2. #aa9596
  3. #aa9f95

Triadic

  1. #aa9596
  2. #96aa95
  3. #9596aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9596
  2. #aaa995
  3. #95aaa9
  4. #9596aa

Square

  1. #aa9596
  2. #a1aa95
  3. #95aaa9
  4. #9f95aa

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4a4b
  2. #876c6d
  3. #aa9596
  4. #ccbfc0
  5. #eeeaea

Shades

#aa9596 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9596
  2. #998687
  3. #887778
  4. #776869
  5. #66595a
  6. #554b4b
  7. #443c3c
  8. #332d2d
  9. #221e1e
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9596 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9596
  2. #b3a0a1
  3. #bbaaab
  4. #c4b5b6
  5. #ccbfc0
  6. #d5cacb
  7. #ddd5d5
  8. #e6dfe0
  9. #eeeaea
  10. #f7f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9596 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9596
  2. #a69394
  3. #a29192
  4. #9d8f8f
  5. #998d8d
  6. #958b8b
  7. #918889
  8. #8d8687
  9. #888484
  10. #848282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #989896 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9b96 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af9395 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09796 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a29996 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad9496 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9596 {
  color: #aa9596;
}
Background
.bg-aa9596 {
  background-color: #aa9596;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9596 {
  border: 2px solid #aa9596;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9596;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 149 150;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 11% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9596 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9596, #aa9f95);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9596 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 149 150 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.95 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.46 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.52 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.44 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.59 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.59 #556a69 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#aa9596  rgb(170, 149, 150)  hsl(357, 11%, 63%)  Rose Quartz
#95aaa9  rgb(149, 170, 169)  hsl(177, 11%, 63%)  Opal
#96aa95  rgb(150, 170, 149)  hsl(117, 11%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#9596aa  rgb(149, 150, 170)  hsl(237, 11%, 63%)  Cool Gray