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#AAA4B8

#aaa4b8 ≈ Rose Quartz

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa4b8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.61% cyan, 10.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 258°, with 12.35% saturation and 68.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 5.61.

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Relative luminance0.3856

Complementary

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b2b8a4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b8b4a4
  3. #a8b8a4

Analogous

  1. #a4a8b8
  2. #aaa4b8
  3. #b4a4b8

Triadic

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b8aaa4
  3. #a4b8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b8a4b2
  3. #b2b8a4
  4. #a4b8aa

Square

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b8a4a8
  3. #b2b8a4
  4. #a4b8b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5d556e
  2. #827996
  3. #aaa4b8
  4. #d2cfda
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#aaa4b8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #9994a6
  3. #888393
  4. #777381
  5. #66626e
  6. #55525c
  7. #44424a
  8. #333137
  9. #222125
  10. #111012
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4b8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #b3adbf
  3. #bbb6c6
  4. #c4bfcd
  5. #ccc8d4
  6. #d5d2dc
  7. #dddbe3
  8. #e6e4ea
  9. #eeedf1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4b8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4b8
  2. #a6a0b2
  3. #a29dad
  4. #9d99a7
  5. #9996a2
  6. #95929c
  7. #918e96
  8. #8d8b91
  9. #88878b
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a6ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a7b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a7b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8a7aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a6b9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a6b8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9a6b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4b8 {
  color: #aaa4b8;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4b8 {
  background-color: #aaa4b8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4b8 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4b8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4b8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 12% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4b8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4b8, #b4a4b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4b8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 184 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.61 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.74 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.27 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.27 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.15 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.15 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.67 #555b47 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#aaa4b8  rgb(170, 164, 184)  hsl(258, 12%, 68%)  Rose Quartz
#b2b8a4  rgb(178, 184, 164)  hsl(78, 12%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#b8aaa4  rgb(184, 170, 164)  hsl(18, 12%, 68%)  Silver Pink
#a4b8aa  rgb(164, 184, 170)  hsl(138, 12%, 68%)  Ash Gray