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#afa1af ≈ Rose Quartz

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afa1af is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.14% green and 68.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 300°, with 8.05% saturation and 65.88% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.377

Complementary

  1. #afa1af
  2. #a1afa1

Split complementary

  1. #afa1af
  2. #a8afa1
  3. #a1afa8

Analogous

  1. #a8a1af
  2. #afa1af
  3. #afa1a8

Triadic

  1. #afa1af
  2. #afafa1
  3. #a1afaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa1af
  2. #afa1a1
  3. #a1afa1
  4. #a1afaf

Square

  1. #afa1af
  2. #afa8a1
  3. #a1afa1
  4. #a1a8af

Monochromatic

  1. #635463
  2. #8c788c
  3. #afa1af
  4. #d2cad2
  5. #f5f4f5

Shades

#afa1af mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa1af
  2. #9e919e
  3. #8c818c
  4. #7b717b
  5. #696169
  6. #585158
  7. #464046
  8. #353035
  9. #232023
  10. #121012
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa1af mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa1af
  2. #b7aab7
  3. #bfb4bf
  4. #c7bdc7
  5. #cfc7cf
  6. #d7d0d7
  7. #dfd9df
  8. #e7e3e7
  9. #efecef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa1af mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa1af
  2. #aa9eaa
  3. #a69aa6
  4. #a197a1
  5. #9c949c
  6. #989198
  7. #938d93
  8. #8e8a8e
  9. #898789
  10. #858385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a4a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a4b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a6ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a2a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a3af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a4af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a2a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa1af {
  color: #afa1af;
}
Background
.bg-afa1af {
  background-color: #afa1af;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa1af {
  border: 2px solid #afa1af;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa1af;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 161 175;
  --color-primary-hsl: 300 8% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa1af {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa1af, #afa1a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa1af {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 161 175 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 3.10 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.18 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.04 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.93 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.93 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.30 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.40 #505e50 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#afa1af  rgb(175, 161, 175)  hsl(300, 8%, 66%)  Rose Quartz
#a1afa1  rgb(161, 175, 161)  hsl(120, 8%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#afafa1  rgb(175, 175, 161)  hsl(60, 8%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#a1afaf  rgb(161, 175, 175)  hsl(180, 8%, 66%)  Ash Gray