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#AE949A

#ae949a ≈ Rose Quartz

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ae949a 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 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.94% magenta, 11.49% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 346.15°, 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 5.32.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3251

Complementary

  1. #ae949a
  2. #94aea8

Split complementary

  1. #ae949a
  2. #94ae9b
  3. #94a7ae

Analogous

  1. #ae94a7
  2. #ae949a
  3. #ae9b94

Triadic

  1. #ae949a
  2. #9aae94
  3. #949aae

Tetradic

  1. #ae949a
  2. #aea894
  3. #94aea8
  4. #949aae

Square

  1. #ae949a
  2. #a7ae94
  3. #94aea8
  4. #9b94ae

Monochromatic

  1. #60494e
  2. #8c6a72
  3. #ae949a
  4. #cfc0c3
  5. #f0ebec

Shades

#ae949a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae949a
  2. #9d858b
  3. #8b767b
  4. #7a686c
  5. #68595c
  6. #574a4d
  7. #463b3e
  8. #342c2e
  9. #231e1f
  10. #110f0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae949a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae949a
  2. #b69fa4
  3. #bea9ae
  4. #c6b4b8
  5. #cebfc2
  6. #d7cacd
  7. #dfd4d7
  8. #e7dfe1
  9. #efeaeb
  10. #f7f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae949a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae949a
  2. #a99297
  3. #a59095
  4. #a08e92
  5. #9c8c90
  6. #978a8d
  7. #92888a
  8. #8e8688
  9. #898485
  10. #858283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3989a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97989a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9c99 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39396 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1969a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4999a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19398 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae949a {
  color: #ae949a;
}
Background
.bg-ae949a {
  background-color: #ae949a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae949a {
  border: 2px solid #ae949a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae949a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 148 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 14% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae949a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae949a, #ae9b94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae949a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 148 154 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.32 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.20 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.43 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.13 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.76 #8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 10.45 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.74 #516b65 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#ae949a  rgb(174, 148, 154)  hsl(346, 14%, 63%)  Rose Quartz
#94aea8  rgb(148, 174, 168)  hsl(166, 14%, 63%)  Opal
#9aae94  rgb(154, 174, 148)  hsl(106, 14%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#949aae  rgb(148, 154, 174)  hsl(226, 14%, 63%)  Cool Gray