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#A9727E

#a9727e ≈ Turkish Rose

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#a9727e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 44.71% green and 49.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.54% magenta, 25.44% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 346.91°, with 24.23% saturation and 55.49% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Turkish Rose (#b57281), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#996666
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Relative luminance0.2198

Complementary

  1. #a9727e
  2. #72a99d

Split complementary

  1. #a9727e
  2. #72a981
  3. #7299a9

Analogous

  1. #a97299
  2. #a9727e
  3. #a98172

Triadic

  1. #a9727e
  2. #7ea972
  3. #727ea9

Tetradic

  1. #a9727e
  2. #a99d72
  3. #72a99d
  4. #727ea9

Square

  1. #a9727e
  2. #99a972
  3. #72a99d
  4. #8172a9

Monochromatic

  1. #513138
  2. #804e59
  3. #a9727e
  4. #c6a2a9
  5. #e3d1d5

Shades

#a9727e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9727e
  2. #986771
  3. #875b65
  4. #765058
  5. #65444c
  6. #55393f
  7. #442e32
  8. #332226
  9. #221719
  10. #110b0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9727e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9727e
  2. #b2808b
  3. #ba8e98
  4. #c39ca5
  5. #cbaab2
  6. #d4b9bf
  7. #ddc7cb
  8. #e5d5d8
  9. #eee3e5
  10. #f6f1f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9727e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9727e
  2. #a5737e
  3. #a1757e
  4. #9d767f
  5. #99787f
  6. #95797f
  7. #907a7f
  8. #8c7c7f
  9. #887d80
  10. #847f80
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #937b80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a7b7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87857d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b26e76 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f787e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #967e7d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af7079 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9727e {
  color: #a9727e;
}
Background
.bg-a9727e {
  background-color: #a9727e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9727e {
  border: 2px solid #a9727e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9727e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 114 126;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 24% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9727e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9727e, #a98172);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9727e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 114 126 / 0.35);
}

#b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 2.84 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 4.00 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 7.18 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.38 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.41 #915f6d Mauve Taupe ΔE 8.05 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.21 #568d81 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Turkish Rose
#a9727e  rgb(169, 114, 126)  hsl(347, 24%, 55%)  Turkish Rose
#72a99d  rgb(114, 169, 157)  hsl(167, 24%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#7ea972  rgb(126, 169, 114)  hsl(107, 24%, 55%)  Asparagus
#727ea9  rgb(114, 126, 169)  hsl(227, 24%, 55%)  Glaucous