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#AA9CAA

#aa9caa ≈ Rose Quartz

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#aa9caa is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 61.18% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 300°, with 7.61% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 2.13.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3523

Complementary

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #9caa9c

Split complementary

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #a3aa9c
  3. #9caaa3

Analogous

  1. #a39caa
  2. #aa9caa
  3. #aa9ca3

Triadic

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #aaaa9c
  3. #9caaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #aa9c9c
  3. #9caa9c
  4. #9caaaa

Square

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #aaa39c
  3. #9caa9c
  4. #9ca3aa

Monochromatic

  1. #5d505d
  2. #867386
  3. #aa9caa
  4. #cdc5cd
  5. #f1eef1

Shades

#aa9caa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #998c99
  3. #887d88
  4. #776d77
  5. #665e66
  6. #554e55
  7. #443e44
  8. #332f33
  9. #221f22
  10. #111011
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9caa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #b3a6b3
  3. #bbb0bb
  4. #c4bac4
  5. #ccc4cc
  6. #d5ced5
  7. #ddd7dd
  8. #e6e1e6
  9. #eeebee
  10. #f7f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9caa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9caa
  2. #a699a6
  3. #a296a2
  4. #9d949d
  5. #999199
  6. #958e95
  7. #918b91
  8. #8d888d
  9. #888688
  10. #848384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49fa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b9fab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea1a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab9da0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a19eaa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39faa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab9da4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9caa {
  color: #aa9caa;
}
Background
.bg-aa9caa {
  background-color: #aa9caa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9caa {
  border: 2px solid #aa9caa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9caa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 156 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 300 8% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9caa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9caa, #aa9ca3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9caa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 156 170 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 2.13 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.34 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.89 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.22 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.26 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.26 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.29 #556355 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#aa9caa  rgb(170, 156, 170)  hsl(300, 8%, 64%)  Rose Quartz
#9caa9c  rgb(156, 170, 156)  hsl(120, 8%, 64%)  Ash Gray
#aaaa9c  rgb(170, 170, 156)  hsl(60, 8%, 64%)  Dark Gray
#9caaaa  rgb(156, 170, 170)  hsl(180, 8%, 64%)  Dark Gray