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#AE9494

#ae9494 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae9494 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 58.04% green and 58.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.94% magenta, 14.94% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 13.83% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.78.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3232

Complementary

  1. #ae9494
  2. #94aeae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9494
  2. #94aea1
  3. #94a1ae

Analogous

  1. #ae94a1
  2. #ae9494
  3. #aea194

Triadic

  1. #ae9494
  2. #94ae94
  3. #9494ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9494
  2. #aeae94
  3. #94aeae
  4. #9494ae

Square

  1. #ae9494
  2. #a1ae94
  3. #94aeae
  4. #a194ae

Monochromatic

  1. #604949
  2. #8c6a6a
  3. #ae9494
  4. #cfc0c0
  5. #f0ebeb

Shades

#ae9494 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9494
  2. #9d8585
  3. #8b7676
  4. #7a6868
  5. #685959
  6. #574a4a
  7. #463b3b
  8. #342c2c
  9. #231e1e
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9494 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9494
  2. #b69f9f
  3. #bea9a9
  4. #c6b4b4
  5. #cebfbf
  6. #d7caca
  7. #dfd4d4
  8. #e7dfdf
  9. #efeaea
  10. #f7f4f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9494 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9494
  2. #a99292
  3. #a59090
  4. #a08e8e
  5. #9c8c8c
  6. #978a8a
  7. #928888
  8. #8e8686
  9. #898484
  10. #858282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29898 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #989794 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9c94 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b49294 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a19694 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a59994 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29394 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9494 {
  color: #ae9494;
}
Background
.bg-ae9494 {
  background-color: #ae9494;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9494 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9494;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9494;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 148 148;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9494 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9494, #aea194);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9494 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 148 148 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.78 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.57 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.68 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.86 #9f8170 Beaver ΔE 10.21 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.34 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.62 #516b6b Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ae9494  rgb(174, 148, 148)  hsl(0, 14%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#94aeae  rgb(148, 174, 174)  hsl(180, 14%, 63%)  Opal
#94ae94  rgb(148, 174, 148)  hsl(120, 14%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#9494ae  rgb(148, 148, 174)  hsl(240, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray