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#AE9498

#ae9498 ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae9498 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 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.94% magenta, 12.64% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 350.77°, 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 7.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 5.93.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3245

Complementary

  1. #ae9498
  2. #94aeaa

Split complementary

  1. #ae9498
  2. #94ae9d
  3. #94a5ae

Analogous

  1. #ae94a5
  2. #ae9498
  3. #ae9d94

Triadic

  1. #ae9498
  2. #98ae94
  3. #9498ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9498
  2. #aeaa94
  3. #94aeaa
  4. #9498ae

Square

  1. #ae9498
  2. #a5ae94
  3. #94aeaa
  4. #9d94ae

Monochromatic

  1. #60494c
  2. #8c6a6f
  3. #ae9498
  4. #cfc0c2
  5. #f0ebec

Shades

#ae9498 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9498
  2. #9d8589
  3. #8b767a
  4. #7a686a
  5. #68595b
  6. #574a4c
  7. #463b3d
  8. #342c2e
  9. #231e1e
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9498 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9498
  2. #b69fa2
  3. #bea9ad
  4. #c6b4b7
  5. #cebfc1
  6. #d7cacc
  7. #dfd4d6
  8. #e7dfe0
  9. #efeaea
  10. #f7f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9498 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9498
  2. #a99296
  3. #a59093
  4. #a08e91
  5. #9c8c8e
  6. #978a8c
  7. #92888a
  8. #8e8687
  9. #898485
  10. #858282
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #989898 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9c98 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39295 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a19698 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a49998 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19396 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9498 {
  color: #ae9498;
}
Background
.bg-ae9498 {
  background-color: #ae9498;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9498 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9498;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9498;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 148 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9498 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9498, #ae9d94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9498 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 148 152 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.93 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.07 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.86 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.21 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.21 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.35 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.72 #516b67 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#ae9498  rgb(174, 148, 152)  hsl(351, 14%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#94aeaa  rgb(148, 174, 170)  hsl(171, 14%, 63%)  Opal
#98ae94  rgb(152, 174, 148)  hsl(111, 14%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#9498ae  rgb(148, 152, 174)  hsl(231, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray