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#AC8A90

#ac8a90 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ac8a90 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 54.12% green and 56.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.77% magenta, 16.28% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 349.41°, with 17% saturation and 60.78% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.2896

Complementary

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #8aaca6

Split complementary

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #8aac95
  3. #8aa1ac

Analogous

  1. #ac8aa1
  2. #ac8a90
  3. #ac958a

Triadic

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #90ac8a
  3. #8a90ac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #aca68a
  3. #8aaca6
  4. #8a90ac

Square

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #a1ac8a
  3. #8aaca6
  4. #958aac

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4146
  2. #896168
  3. #ac8a90
  4. #ccb7ba
  5. #ebe3e5

Shades

#ac8a90 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #9b7c82
  3. #8a6e73
  4. #786165
  5. #675356
  6. #564548
  7. #45373a
  8. #34292b
  9. #221c1d
  10. #110e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8a90 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #b4969b
  3. #bda1a6
  4. #c5adb1
  5. #cdb9bc
  6. #d6c5c8
  7. #ded0d3
  8. #e6dcde
  9. #eee8e9
  10. #f7f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8a90 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8a90
  2. #a8898e
  3. #a3888d
  4. #9f878b
  5. #9a868a
  6. #968588
  7. #928486
  8. #8d8385
  9. #898283
  10. #848182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d8f92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f8f90 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96958f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3888c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b8d90 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f9190 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0898e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8a90 {
  color: #ac8a90;
}
Background
.bg-ac8a90 {
  background-color: #ac8a90;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8a90 {
  border: 2px solid #ac8a90;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8a90;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 138 144;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 17% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8a90 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8a90, #ac958a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8a90 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 138 144 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.62 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.58 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.79 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.97 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.75 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 9.57 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.65 #53756f Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ac8a90  rgb(172, 138, 144)  hsl(349, 17%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#8aaca6  rgb(138, 172, 166)  hsl(169, 17%, 61%)  Opal
#90ac8a  rgb(144, 172, 138)  hsl(109, 17%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green
#8a90ac  rgb(138, 144, 172)  hsl(229, 17%, 61%)  Cool Gray