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#AB858F

#ab858f ≈ Rosy Brown

  • rose
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ab858f is a color from the rose family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 52.16% green and 56.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 16.37% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 344.21°, with 18.45% saturation and 59.61% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. 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 6.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.78.

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Relative luminance0.2742

Complementary

  1. #ab858f
  2. #85aba1

Split complementary

  1. #ab858f
  2. #85ab8e
  3. #85a2ab

Analogous

  1. #ab85a2
  2. #ab858f
  3. #ab8e85

Triadic

  1. #ab858f
  2. #8fab85
  3. #858fab

Tetradic

  1. #ab858f
  2. #aba185
  3. #85aba1
  4. #858fab

Square

  1. #ab858f
  2. #a2ab85
  3. #85aba1
  4. #8e85ab

Monochromatic

  1. #593e45
  2. #875d68
  3. #ab858f
  4. #cab2b9
  5. #e9e0e2

Shades

#ab858f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab858f
  2. #9a7881
  3. #896a72
  4. #785d64
  5. #675056
  6. #564348
  7. #443539
  8. #33282b
  9. #221b1d
  10. #110d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab858f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab858f
  2. #b3919a
  3. #bc9da5
  4. #c4aab1
  5. #cdb6bc
  6. #d5c2c7
  7. #ddced2
  8. #e6dadd
  9. #eee7e9
  10. #f7f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab858f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab858f
  2. #a7858e
  3. #a2848c
  4. #9e848b
  5. #9a8389
  6. #968388
  7. #918286
  8. #8d8285
  9. #898183
  10. #848182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b8b8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a8b8f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92918e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b28388 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98898f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d8d8f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af848b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab858f {
  color: #ab858f;
}
Background
.bg-ab858f {
  background-color: #ab858f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab858f {
  border: 2px solid #ab858f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab858f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 133 143;
  --color-primary-hsl: 344 18% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab858f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab858f, #ab8e85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab858f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 133 143 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.78 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 5.95 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.62 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.74 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.83 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.57 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.28 #547a70 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ab858f  rgb(171, 133, 143)  hsl(344, 18%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#85aba1  rgb(133, 171, 161)  hsl(164, 18%, 60%)  Opal
#8fab85  rgb(143, 171, 133)  hsl(104, 18%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#858fab  rgb(133, 143, 171)  hsl(224, 18%, 60%)  Cool Gray