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#AE828C

#ae828c ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae828c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 50.98% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.29% magenta, 19.54% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 346.36°, with 21.36% saturation and 59.61% 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 6.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.73.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2686

Complementary

  1. #ae828c
  2. #82aea4

Split complementary

  1. #ae828c
  2. #82ae8e
  3. #82a2ae

Analogous

  1. #ae82a2
  2. #ae828c
  3. #ae8e82

Triadic

  1. #ae828c
  2. #8cae82
  3. #828cae

Tetradic

  1. #ae828c
  2. #aea482
  3. #82aea4
  4. #828cae

Square

  1. #ae828c
  2. #a2ae82
  3. #82aea4
  4. #8e82ae

Monochromatic

  1. #5c3b43
  2. #8a5965
  3. #ae828c
  4. #ccb0b7
  5. #eadfe1

Shades

#ae828c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae828c
  2. #9d757e
  3. #8b6870
  4. #7a5b62
  5. #684e54
  6. #574146
  7. #463438
  8. #34272a
  9. #231a1c
  10. #110d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae828c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae828c
  2. #b68f98
  3. #be9ba3
  4. #c6a8af
  5. #ceb4ba
  6. #d7c1c6
  7. #dfcdd1
  8. #e7dadd
  9. #efe6e8
  10. #f7f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae828c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae828c
  2. #a9828b
  3. #a5828a
  4. #a08188
  5. #9c8187
  6. #978186
  7. #928185
  8. #8e8184
  9. #898082
  10. #858081
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c898d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88898c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92918b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b67f85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99868c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e8b8b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b38088 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae828c {
  color: #ae828c;
}
Background
.bg-ae828c {
  background-color: #ae828c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae828c {
  border: 2px solid #ae828c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae828c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 130 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 21% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae828c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae828c, #ae8e82);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae828c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 130 140 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.73 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.11 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.32 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 6.49 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.82 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.65 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.13 #517d73 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ae828c  rgb(174, 130, 140)  hsl(346, 21%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#82aea4  rgb(130, 174, 164)  hsl(166, 21%, 60%)  Cadet Blue
#8cae82  rgb(140, 174, 130)  hsl(106, 21%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#828cae  rgb(130, 140, 174)  hsl(226, 21%, 60%)  Cool Gray