Closest web-safe match: #996666

Color Details and Palettes for #A06478

Details about the color Cinnapink#A06478

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Rose family Warm WCAG ink: white
HEX #A06478 RGB rgb(160, 100, 120) HSL hsl(340, 24%, 51%) CMYK cmyk(0%, 38%, 25%, 37%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #A06478

#A06478 is a warm color from the Rose family, closest in name to “Cinnapink”. In RGB it is rgb(160, 100, 120); in HSL, hsl(340, 24%, 51%).

The color Cinnapink, with hexadecimal code #a06478, is part of the pink color family, a hue that spans from playful and youthful to elegant and gender-neutral. Pink evokes warmth, tenderness, and emotional connection across diverse cultural contexts. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation and Friendliness. Pink is often connected to love, compassion, and femininity in Western cultures, while in Japan, it can symbolize spring and cherry blossoms. It can also represent universal harmony and emotional balance. At just 24% saturation, this near-neutral shade carries only a subtle hint of its underlying hue, making it versatile for large surfaces and professional contexts. With a mid-range lightness of 51%, it offers excellent versatility—readable as text on light backgrounds and visible as an element on dark ones. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Softness, Delicacy, Calmness, Relaxation, or Friendliness. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 160, 100, 120 red · green · blue HSL 340° 24% 51% hue · sat · light HSV 340° 38% 63% design-app pickers CMYK 0 38 25 37 print inks, % Luminance 0.179 0 dark → 1 light On black 4.59:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio On white 4.58:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #996666 closest web-safe Best text black ideal foreground Character Vivid warm · rose family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #A06478

Cinnapink (#A06478) belongs to the Rose color family.

With a dusty, low-saturation character, this color offers quiet complexity—neither bold nor faded. Dusty tones add vintage charm to retro-inspired designs and pair beautifully with metallic accents like copper or brass.

Historical Background

Rose as a color name predates its association with the flower—the Old English word referenced a range of warm pinkish-red hues. During the Renaissance, rose madder pigment (from the madder plant root) was a staple of portrait painters, prized for realistic skin tones. In Victorian flower language, different rose colors carried coded messages: pink for admiration, red for love, white for purity.

Design & Usage Tips

Rose tones—ranging from dusty rose to vivid rose—bridge pink and red, offering warmth without pink's potential for seeming overly sweet or red's intensity. They are excellent for cosmetics, wine, and luxury lifestyle brands. Pair rose with gold for opulence, or with sage green for a natural, sophisticated palette.

Positioned on the warm side of the color wheel (hue 340°), it naturally draws the eye and creates a sense of closeness—making it effective for calls to action, food photography, and hospitality branding. At 24% saturation, the color has a muted, sophisticated quality that pairs well with bolder accents. It works as a background, a border, or a secondary element in layered compositions.

Psychological Impact

Rose conveys romance, gratitude, and grace. It feels more mature and nuanced than bright pink, appealing to audiences seeking elegance and emotional depth. In interior design, rose tones create inviting, conversation-friendly spaces.

With a mid-range lightness of 51%, this tone is highly versatile: dark enough to serve as body text on white, yet light enough to stand out on charcoal or navy backgrounds.

Creative Design Ideas

Use a dusty-rose background with white serif typography for a luxury wedding brand. Combine vivid rose with deep teal for a contemporary editorial palette. In packaging, rose-gold metallic finishes paired with rose-colored paper create a tactile, premium unboxing experience.

Every format

#A06478 Color Conversions

Every way to write Cinnapink — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#A06478

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(160, 100, 120)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(340, 24%, 51%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(340, 38%, 63%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(340 39% 37%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(0%, 38%, 25%, 37%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(57.45% 0.081 358.47)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(57.45% 0.081 -0.002)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 49.43, a: 27.03, b: -0.98

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 49.43, C: 27.05, H: 357.93

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 22.44, Y: 17.94, Z: 20.05

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
10511480

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #A06478

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Cinnapink.

Red 160/255 42.1% Green 100/255 26.3% Blue 120/255 31.6%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Cinnapink.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #A06478

Ink needed to reproduce Cinnapink in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Magenta.

0% CYAN 38% MAGENTA 25% YELLOW 37% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #A06478

How bright Cinnapink is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.179
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 4.59:1 ✓ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large
Aa White text 4.58:1 ✓ AA ✕ AAA ✓ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #A06478

Copy-and-paste CSS for Cinnapink — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

cinnapink.css
background-color: #A06478;
color: #A06478;
border: 2px solid #A06478;
background-color: rgb(160, 100, 120);
background-color: hsl(340, 24%, 51%);
--color: #A06478;

Shades · light to dark

#A06478 Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Cinnapink — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#F6F0F2
#E7D8DD
#D9C1C9
#CBAAB5
#BD93A1
#AE7B8C
#A06478
#885566
#704654
#583742
#402830
#28191E
#100A0C

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Harmony · 180° apart

#A06478 Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#A06478
#64A08C

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#A06478 Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#A06478
#A06E64
#A06496
#A08C64
#8C64A0
#96A064
#6E64A0

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Harmony · 120° apart

#A06478 Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#A06478
#78A064
#6478A0

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Harmony · 90° apart

#A06478 Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#A06478
#96A064
#64A08C
#6E64A0

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #A06478

How Cinnapink reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#A06478
#8A8E72
#868573
#9D6F6F
#727272
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✓ Friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #A06478

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#64A08C
#A06E64
#78A064
#96A064
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#A06478 Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

Never Forget#AA7788
Velour Scar#885566
Punched Pink#BB8899
Liaison#884455
Our Little Secret#AA5577
Cinnapink#996677
Cinnapink#AA6677
Fruit of Passion#996688

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #A06478

The closest named colors to #A06478 — same mood, each with its own character.

Cinnapink#A6646F
Never Forget#A67283
Fruit of Passion#946985
Malevolent Mauve#BB6688
Pinky Pickle#B96D8E
Indian Silk#8A5773
Velour Scar#8E5164
Cherry Berry#9F4D65
Je t’aime#B36B92
Candied Apple#B95B6D
Feminism#9D5783
Hot Flamingo#B35966

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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Cinnapink (#a06478)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Cinnapink — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #A06478

#A06478 is a warm color from the Rose family. Its closest matched name is “Cinnapink”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(160, 100, 120); in HSL, hsl(340, 24%, 51%).
In RGB, #A06478 is rgb(160, 100, 120); in HSL it is hsl(340, 24%, 51%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(0%, 38%, 25%, 37%).
#A06478 has a contrast ratio of 4.59:1 against black and 4.58:1 against white. For readability, either white or black body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it.
The direct complement of #A06478 is #64A08C (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #A06478 in the palette sections above.