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#AE8C97

#ae8c97 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • rose
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae8c97 is a color from the rose family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 54.9% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.54% magenta, 13.22% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 340.59°, with 17.35% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. 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 7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.71.

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Relative luminance0.2999

Complementary

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #8caea3

Split complementary

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #8cae92
  3. #8ca8ae

Analogous

  1. #ae8ca8
  2. #ae8c97
  3. #ae928c

Triadic

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #97ae8c
  3. #8c97ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #aea38c
  3. #8caea3
  4. #8c97ae

Square

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #a8ae8c
  3. #8caea3
  4. #928cae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e434c
  2. #8b626f
  3. #ae8c97
  4. #ceb9c0
  5. #ede6e8

Shades

#ae8c97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #9d7e88
  3. #8b7079
  4. #7a626a
  5. #68545b
  6. #57464c
  7. #46383c
  8. #342a2d
  9. #231c1e
  10. #110e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8c97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #b698a1
  3. #bea3ac
  4. #c6afb6
  5. #cebac1
  6. #d7c6cb
  7. #dfd1d5
  8. #e7dde0
  9. #efe8ea
  10. #f7f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8c97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8c97
  2. #a98b95
  3. #a58a92
  4. #a08890
  5. #9c878e
  6. #97868c
  7. #928589
  8. #8e8487
  9. #898285
  10. #858182
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09196 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909297 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #979796 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b48b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d8f97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a19397 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b28b93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8c97 {
  color: #ae8c97;
}
Background
.bg-ae8c97 {
  background-color: #ae8c97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8c97 {
  border: 2px solid #ae8c97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8c97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 140 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 341 17% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8c97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8c97, #ae928c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8c97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 140 151 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.71 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.46 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.08 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.93 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.14 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.96 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 9.79 #517368 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ae8c97  rgb(174, 140, 151)  hsl(341, 17%, 62%)  Rosy Brown
#8caea3  rgb(140, 174, 163)  hsl(161, 17%, 62%)  Opal
#97ae8c  rgb(151, 174, 140)  hsl(101, 17%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#8c97ae  rgb(140, 151, 174)  hsl(221, 17%, 62%)  Cool Gray