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#AB979C

#ab979c ≈ Rose Quartz

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ab979c is a color from the red family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 59.22% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.7% magenta, 8.77% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 345°, with 10.64% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 5.04.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3319

Complementary

  1. #ab979c
  2. #97aba6

Split complementary

  1. #ab979c
  2. #97ab9c
  3. #97a6ab

Analogous

  1. #ab97a6
  2. #ab979c
  3. #ab9c97

Triadic

  1. #ab979c
  2. #9cab97
  3. #979cab

Tetradic

  1. #ab979c
  2. #aba697
  3. #97aba6
  4. #979cab

Square

  1. #ab979c
  2. #a6ab97
  3. #97aba6
  4. #9c97ab

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4c50
  2. #886e74
  3. #ab979c
  4. #cdc1c4
  5. #efeced

Shades

#ab979c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab979c
  2. #9a888c
  3. #89797d
  4. #786a6d
  5. #675b5e
  6. #564c4e
  7. #443c3e
  8. #332d2f
  9. #221e1f
  10. #110f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab979c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab979c
  2. #b3a1a6
  3. #bcacb0
  4. #c4b6ba
  5. #cdc1c4
  6. #d5cbce
  7. #ddd5d7
  8. #e6e0e1
  9. #eeeaeb
  10. #f7f5f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab979c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab979c
  2. #a79599
  3. #a29296
  4. #9e9094
  5. #9a8e91
  6. #968c8e
  7. #91898b
  8. #8d8788
  9. #898586
  10. #848283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29a9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999a9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9d9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af9699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1999c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a39b9c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad969a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab979c {
  color: #ab979c;
}
Background
.bg-ab979c {
  background-color: #ab979c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab979c {
  border: 2px solid #ab979c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab979c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 151 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 11% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab979c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab979c, #ab9c97);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab979c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 151 156 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.04 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.32 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.53 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.08 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 9.24 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.46 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.46 #546863 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#ab979c  rgb(171, 151, 156)  hsl(345, 11%, 63%)  Rose Quartz
#97aba6  rgb(151, 171, 166)  hsl(165, 11%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#9cab97  rgb(156, 171, 151)  hsl(105, 11%, 63%)  Ash Gray
#979cab  rgb(151, 156, 171)  hsl(225, 11%, 63%)  Cool Gray