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#ADA0AE

#ada0ae ≈ Rose Quartz

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada0ae is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 62.75% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.57% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 295.71°, with 7.95% saturation and 65.49% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.3708

Complementary

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #a1aea0

Split complementary

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #a8aea0
  3. #a0aea6

Analogous

  1. #a6a0ae
  2. #ada0ae
  3. #aea0a8

Triadic

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #aeada0
  3. #a0aead

Tetradic

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #aea0a1
  3. #a1aea0
  4. #a0aead

Square

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #aea6a0
  3. #a1aea0
  4. #a0a8ae

Monochromatic

  1. #615362
  2. #89778b
  3. #ada0ae
  4. #d1c9d1
  5. #f4f3f4

Shades

#ada0ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #9c909d
  3. #8a808b
  4. #79707a
  5. #686068
  6. #575057
  7. #454046
  8. #343034
  9. #232023
  10. #111011
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada0ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #b5aab6
  3. #bdb3be
  4. #c6bdc6
  5. #cec6ce
  6. #d6d0d7
  7. #ded9df
  8. #e6e3e7
  9. #efecef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada0ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada0ae
  2. #a99da9
  3. #a49aa5
  4. #a096a0
  5. #9b939c
  6. #979097
  7. #928d92
  8. #8e8a8e
  9. #898689
  10. #858385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a2a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa3af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a4ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea1a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a2ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a3ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ada1a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada0ae {
  color: #ada0ae;
}
Background
.bg-ada0ae {
  background-color: #ada0ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada0ae {
  border: 2px solid #ada0ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada0ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 160 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 296 8% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada0ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada0ae, #aea0a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada0ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 160 174 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 3.05 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.41 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.35 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.74 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.74 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.44 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.62 #525f51 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#ada0ae  rgb(173, 160, 174)  hsl(296, 8%, 65%)  Rose Quartz
#a1aea0  rgb(161, 174, 160)  hsl(116, 8%, 65%)  Ash Gray
#aeada0  rgb(174, 173, 160)  hsl(56, 8%, 65%)  Dark Gray
#a0aead  rgb(160, 174, 173)  hsl(176, 8%, 65%)  Ash Gray