Information about #AA8C93 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #AA8C93 reads as a calm, restrained earthy red and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Anticipation (#A88A8E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are High Tea (#A18C90) and Triple Milestone (#A59591).
In RGB terms — rgb(170, 140, 147) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AA8C93: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.1:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AA8C93 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#AA8C93 color variations
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#AA8C93 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#AA8C93 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#AA8C93 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#AA8C93 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#AA8C93 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #AA8C93 color
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Nearest named colors to #AA8C93
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A88A8E
#A18C90
#A59591
#A49591
#A59692
#B1948F
#A78199
#A8988E
#B48395
#A39894
#9F9596
#A87D93
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#AA8C93
- RGB170, 140, 147
- CMYK0, 12, 9, 33
- CSSrgb(170, 140, 147)
- HSL346°, 15%, 61%
- HSL Precise346°, 15%, 60.784%
- HSV346°, 18%, 67%
- HSB346°, 18%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.667
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.549
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.576
- GLSLvec3(0.667, 0.549, 0.576)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.667, 0.549, 0.576, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.667, 0.549, 0.576)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB57.6%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDAA8C93
- DECIMAL ID11177107
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers18 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
