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#AC8B8A

#ac8b8a ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ac8b8a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 54.51% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.19% magenta, 19.77% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 1.76°, 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 6.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2907

Complementary

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #8aabac

Split complementary

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #8aac9c
  3. #8a9aac

Analogous

  1. #ac8a9a
  2. #ac8b8a
  3. #ac9c8a

Triadic

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #8aac8b
  3. #8b8aac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #abac8a
  3. #8aabac
  4. #8b8aac

Square

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #9aac8a
  3. #8aabac
  4. #9c8aac

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4241
  2. #896261
  3. #ac8b8a
  4. #ccb7b7
  5. #ebe4e3

Shades

#ac8b8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #9b7d7c
  3. #8a6f6e
  4. #786161
  5. #675353
  6. #564645
  7. #453837
  8. #342a29
  9. #221c1c
  10. #110e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8b8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #b49796
  3. #bda2a1
  4. #c5aead
  5. #cdb9b9
  6. #d6c5c5
  7. #ded1d0
  8. #e6dcdc
  9. #eee8e8
  10. #f7f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8b8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8b8a
  2. #a88a89
  3. #a38988
  4. #9f8887
  5. #9a8786
  6. #968685
  7. #928484
  8. #8d8383
  9. #898282
  10. #848181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d908f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #918f8a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98958a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3888b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c8e8a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1918a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0898b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8b8a {
  color: #ac8b8a;
}
Background
.bg-ac8b8a {
  background-color: #ac8b8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8b8a {
  border: 2px solid #ac8b8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8b8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 139 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 17% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8b8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8b8a, #ac9c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8b8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 139 138 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.16 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.92 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 8.88 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.58 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.90 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.42 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.54 #537475 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ac8b8a  rgb(172, 139, 138)  hsl(2, 17%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#8aabac  rgb(138, 171, 172)  hsl(182, 17%, 61%)  Opal
#8aac8b  rgb(138, 172, 139)  hsl(122, 17%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green
#8b8aac  rgb(139, 138, 172)  hsl(242, 17%, 61%)  Cool Gray