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#AB596A

#ab596a ≈ Mauve Taupe

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ab596a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 34.9% green and 41.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 47.95% magenta, 38.01% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 347.56°, with 32.8% saturation and 50.98% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Mauve Taupe (#915f6d), ΔE 6.69.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.1684

Complementary

  1. #ab596a
  2. #59ab9a

Split complementary

  1. #ab596a
  2. #59ab71
  3. #5993ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5993
  2. #ab596a
  3. #ab7159

Triadic

  1. #ab596a
  2. #6aab59
  3. #596aab

Tetradic

  1. #ab596a
  2. #ab9a59
  3. #59ab9a
  4. #596aab

Square

  1. #ab596a
  2. #93ab59
  3. #59ab9a
  4. #7159ab

Monochromatic

  1. #47242b
  2. #7a3e4a
  3. #ab596a
  4. #c58c98
  5. #debfc5

Shades

#ab596a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab596a
  2. #9a505f
  3. #894755
  4. #783e4a
  5. #673540
  6. #562d35
  7. #44242a
  8. #331b20
  9. #221215
  10. #11090b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab596a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab596a
  2. #b36a79
  3. #bc7a88
  4. #c48b97
  5. #cd9ba6
  6. #d5acb5
  7. #ddbdc3
  8. #e6cdd2
  9. #eedee1
  10. #f7eef0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab596a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab596a
  2. #a75d6c
  3. #a2616e
  4. #9e6571
  5. #9a6973
  6. #966d75
  7. #917077
  8. #8d7479
  9. #89787c
  10. #847c7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #727272 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c696f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #68686a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c7868 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8515f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88636a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #916d69 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b35464 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab596a {
  color: #ab596a;
}
Background
.bg-ab596a {
  background-color: #ab596a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ab596a {
  border: 2px solid #ab596a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab596a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 89 106;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 33% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab596a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab596a, #ab7159);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab596a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 89 106 / 0.35);
}

#915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 6.69 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 6.91 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.54 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 8.04 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 8.97 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 9.18 #cf3476 Telemagenta ΔE 9.68 #54a695 Inverted #727272 Grayscale 

Mauve Taupe
#ab596a  rgb(171, 89, 106)  hsl(348, 33%, 51%)  Mauve Taupe
#59ab9a  rgb(89, 171, 154)  hsl(168, 33%, 51%)  Persian Green
#6aab59  rgb(106, 171, 89)  hsl(108, 33%, 51%)  Asparagus
#596aab  rgb(89, 106, 171)  hsl(228, 33%, 51%)  Queen Blue