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#AE8B86

#ae8b86 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae8b86 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 54.51% green and 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.11% magenta, 22.99% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 7.5°, with 19.8% saturation and 60.39% 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 6.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2919

Complementary

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #86a9ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #86ae9f
  3. #8695ae

Analogous

  1. #ae8695
  2. #ae8b86
  3. #ae9f86

Triadic

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #86ae8b
  3. #8b86ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #a9ae86
  3. #86a9ae
  4. #8b86ae

Square

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #95ae86
  3. #86a9ae
  4. #9f86ae

Monochromatic

  1. #5d423e
  2. #8b635d
  3. #ae8b86
  4. #cdb7b4
  5. #ebe3e2

Shades

#ae8b86 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #9d7d79
  3. #8b6f6b
  4. #7a615e
  5. #685350
  6. #574643
  7. #463836
  8. #342a28
  9. #231c1b
  10. #110e0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8b86 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #b69792
  3. #bea29e
  4. #c6aeaa
  5. #ceb9b6
  6. #d7c5c3
  7. #dfd1cf
  8. #e7dcdb
  9. #efe8e7
  10. #f7f3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8b86 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8b86
  2. #a98a85
  3. #a58985
  4. #a08884
  5. #9c8784
  6. #978683
  7. #928482
  8. #8e8382
  9. #898281
  10. #858181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f908e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #928f86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9686 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6878a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e8d86 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a29286 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b38988 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8b86 {
  color: #ae8b86;
}
Background
.bg-ae8b86 {
  background-color: #ae8b86;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8b86 {
  border: 2px solid #ae8b86;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8b86;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 139 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 20% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8b86 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8b86, #ae9f86);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8b86 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 139 134 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.33 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 7.58 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.77 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.76 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.19 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 11.21 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 11.22 #517479 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ae8b86  rgb(174, 139, 134)  hsl(8, 20%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#86a9ae  rgb(134, 169, 174)  hsl(188, 20%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#86ae8b  rgb(134, 174, 139)  hsl(128, 20%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#8b86ae  rgb(139, 134, 174)  hsl(248, 20%, 60%)  Cool Gray