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#AE6979

#ae6979 ≈ Turkish Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae6979 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 41.18% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 39.66% magenta, 30.46% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 346.09°, with 29.87% saturation and 54.71% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Turkish Rose (#b57281), ΔE 3.08.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2048

Complementary

  1. #ae6979
  2. #69ae9e

Split complementary

  1. #ae6979
  2. #69ae7c
  3. #699cae

Analogous

  1. #ae699c
  2. #ae6979
  3. #ae7c69

Triadic

  1. #ae6979
  2. #79ae69
  3. #6979ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae6979
  2. #ae9e69
  3. #69ae9e
  4. #6979ae

Square

  1. #ae6979
  2. #9cae69
  3. #69ae9e
  4. #7c69ae

Monochromatic

  1. #522c35
  2. #844755
  3. #ae6979
  4. #c99ba5
  5. #e4ccd2

Shades

#ae6979 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae6979
  2. #9d5f6d
  3. #8b5461
  4. #7a4a55
  5. #683f49
  6. #57353d
  7. #462a30
  8. #342024
  9. #231518
  10. #110b0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae6979 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae6979
  2. #b67886
  3. #be8794
  4. #c696a1
  5. #cea5af
  6. #d7b4bc
  7. #dfc3c9
  8. #e7d2d7
  9. #efe1e4
  10. #f7f0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae6979 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae6979
  2. #a96b7a
  3. #a56e7a
  4. #a0707b
  5. #9c727c
  6. #97757d
  7. #92777d
  8. #8e797e
  9. #897b7f
  10. #857e7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93757b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #747579 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #858278 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9646f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f7179 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #977978 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b56673 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae6979 {
  color: #ae6979;
}
Background
.bg-ae6979 {
  background-color: #ae6979;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae6979 {
  border: 2px solid #ae6979;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae6979;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 105 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 30% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae6979 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae6979, #ae7c69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae6979 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 105 121 / 0.35);
}

#b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 3.08 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 3.09 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 7.35 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.42 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.93 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 9.52 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 9.77 #519686 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Turkish Rose
#ae6979  rgb(174, 105, 121)  hsl(346, 30%, 55%)  Turkish Rose
#69ae9e  rgb(105, 174, 158)  hsl(166, 30%, 55%)  Verdigris
#79ae69  rgb(121, 174, 105)  hsl(106, 30%, 55%)  Asparagus
#6979ae  rgb(105, 121, 174)  hsl(226, 30%, 55%)  Glaucous