Pale Carmine (#AF4035)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 5.82:1 — vs black: 3.61:1

Color values

  • HEX #AF4035
  • RGB rgb(175, 64, 53)
  • HSL hsl(5, 53%, 44%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 63, 70, 31 )
  • Websafe #993333

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #AF4035 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#35A4AF
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#AF3567
#AF7D35
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#35AF40
#4035AF
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#35AF7D
#3567AF
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#67AF35
#35A4AF
#7D35AF
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Pale Carmine
#AF4035 Base
#3A1511
#742B23
#90352C
#C75246
#CF6B61
#E1A29C
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Pale Carmine, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#140706
#33130F
#521E19
#712922
#90352C
Pale Carmine #AF4035 Base
#C9594E
#D57E75
#E1A39D
#EDC8C4
#F9EDEB
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #AF4035. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #AF4035;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #AF4035;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #AF4035;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #AF4035,
        #35A4AF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #AF4035,
        #35A4AF
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$pale-carmine: #AF4035;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$pale-carmine-r: 175;
$pale-carmine-g: 64;
$pale-carmine-b: 53;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $pale-carmine;
    color: rgba($pale-carmine-r, $pale-carmine-g, $pale-carmine-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Pale Carmine appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #AF4035 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #70702E Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #565636 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #AF3F3F Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #656565 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Pale Carmine ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Pale Carmine #AF4035 Base
Firebrick #B22222 ΔE 4.87
Deep Chestnut #B94E48 ΔE 4.94
Brown #A52A2A ΔE 5.12

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.