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#B3A0AE

#b3a0ae ≈ Rose Quartz

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#b3a0ae is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 62.75% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.61% magenta, 2.79% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 315.79°, with 11.11% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.3778

Complementary

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #a0b3a5

Split complementary

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #a4b3a0
  3. #a0b3ae

Analogous

  1. #aea0b3
  2. #b3a0ae
  3. #b3a0a4

Triadic

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #aeb3a0
  3. #a0aeb3

Tetradic

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #b3a5a0
  3. #a0b3a5
  4. #a0aeb3

Square

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #b3aea0
  3. #a0b3a5
  4. #a0a4b3

Monochromatic

  1. #675362
  2. #91758a
  3. #b3a0ae
  4. #d5cad2
  5. #f6f4f5

Shades

#b3a0ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #a1909d
  3. #8f808b
  4. #7d707a
  5. #6b6068
  6. #5a5057
  7. #484046
  8. #363034
  9. #242023
  10. #121011
  11. #000000

Tints

#b3a0ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #bbaab6
  3. #c2b3be
  4. #cabdc6
  5. #d1c6ce
  6. #d9d0d7
  7. #e1d9df
  8. #e8e3e7
  9. #f0ecef
  10. #f7f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b3a0ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b3a0ae
  2. #ae9da9
  3. #a99aa5
  4. #a496a0
  5. #9f939c
  6. #9a9097
  7. #948d92
  8. #8f8a8e
  9. #8a8689
  10. #858385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba3a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a4af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a6ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b5a1a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a2ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaa4ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a0a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b3a0ae {
  color: #b3a0ae;
}
Background
.bg-b3a0ae {
  background-color: #b3a0ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b3a0ae {
  border: 2px solid #b3a0ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b3a0ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 160 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 316 11% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b3a0ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b3a0ae, #b3a0a4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b3a0ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 160 174 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 2.74 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 3.41 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.63 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.25 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.89 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 10.47 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.22 #4c5f51 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#b3a0ae  rgb(179, 160, 174)  hsl(316, 11%, 66%)  Rose Quartz
#a0b3a5  rgb(160, 179, 165)  hsl(136, 11%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#aeb3a0  rgb(174, 179, 160)  hsl(76, 11%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#a0aeb3  rgb(160, 174, 179)  hsl(196, 11%, 66%)  Dark Gray