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#AE787A

#ae787a ≈ Old Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae787a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 47.06% green and 47.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.03% magenta, 29.89% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 357.78°, with 25% saturation and 57.65% 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 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Old Rose (#c08081), ΔE 4.31.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2384

Complementary

  1. #ae787a
  2. #78aeac

Split complementary

  1. #ae787a
  2. #78ae91
  3. #7895ae

Analogous

  1. #ae7895
  2. #ae787a
  3. #ae9178

Triadic

  1. #ae787a
  2. #7aae78
  3. #787aae

Tetradic

  1. #ae787a
  2. #aeac78
  3. #78aeac
  4. #787aae

Square

  1. #ae787a
  2. #95ae78
  3. #78aeac
  4. #9178ae

Monochromatic

  1. #583536
  2. #885254
  3. #ae787a
  4. #cba8a9
  5. #e7d8d8

Shades

#ae787a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae787a
  2. #9d6c6e
  3. #8b6062
  4. #7a5455
  5. #684849
  6. #573c3d
  7. #463031
  8. #342425
  9. #231818
  10. #110c0c
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae787a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae787a
  2. #b68687
  3. #be9395
  4. #c6a1a2
  5. #ceaeaf
  6. #d7bcbd
  7. #dfc9ca
  8. #e7d7d7
  9. #efe4e4
  10. #f7f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae787a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae787a
  2. #a9797b
  3. #a57a7b
  4. #a07a7c
  5. #9c7b7c
  6. #977c7d
  7. #927d7e
  8. #8e7e7e
  9. #897e7f
  10. #857f7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #988181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82807a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f8a79 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b87379 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #957d7a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c8379 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b47579 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae787a {
  color: #ae787a;
}
Background
.bg-ae787a {
  background-color: #ae787a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae787a {
  border: 2px solid #ae787a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae787a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 120 122;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 25% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae787a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae787a, #ae9178);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae787a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 120 122 / 0.35);
}

#c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.31 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 4.77 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.03 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.29 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.32 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.99 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.61 #518785 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Old Rose
#ae787a  rgb(174, 120, 122)  hsl(358, 25%, 58%)  Old Rose
#78aeac  rgb(120, 174, 172)  hsl(178, 25%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#7aae78  rgb(122, 174, 120)  hsl(118, 25%, 58%)  Asparagus
#787aae  rgb(120, 122, 174)  hsl(238, 25%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty