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Rose Shadow Clear
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Rose Shadow Clear

Pink · Hue 320
Hex
#6E2154
RGB
rgb(110, 33, 84)
HSL
hsl(320, 54%, 28%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 70%, 24%, 57%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 28%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
10.5:1AA
on black
2:1Fail
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About this color

Rose Shadow Clear (#6E2154) belongs to the pink family — hue 320°, 54% saturation, 28% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-rose-shadow-clear: #6E2154;
  --colorarchive-rose-shadow-clear-hsl: hsl(320, 54%, 28%);
  --colorarchive-rose-shadow-clear-rgb: rgb(110, 33, 84);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SensualDramaticSophisticated
Common in

Fine Wine · Luxury Lingerie · Event Design

Pairs well with

Gold for opulence, charcoal for drama, deep emerald for richness

Design tip

Use sparingly as an accent in luxury interfaces. Deep pink against dark backgrounds creates an unforgettable visual signature.

Cultural context ▶

Deep pinks and magentas bridge passion and sophistication. Common in luxury branding and high-fashion editorials.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A deep, weighted version of the hue — formal, considered, and pairs especially well with off-white and warm metallic accents.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #6E2154.

  • Slackprimary
    Aubergine · #4A154B
    →
  • Aesopprimary
    Aesop Amber · #5C2E1F
    →
  • Coca-Colaneutral
    Pantone 484 (depth) · #9C2A2C
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #6E2154.

  • Italy (Tuscany)Chianti Wine
    #722F37 · Sangiovese grape
    →
  • France (Paris)Bordeaux Wine
    #5C2E2A · Bordeaux region red wine
    →
  • China (Traditional)Plum Red (梅子)
    #9B2335 · Plum blossom, Song poetry
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Rose Dusk Clear
#862866 · hsl(320, 54%, 34%)
Darker companion
Rose Nocturne Clear
#4F173C · hsl(320, 54%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Seafoam Shadow Clear
#216E3B · hsl(140, 54%, 28%)
Analogous lead
Garnet Shadow Clear
#6E213B · hsl(340, 54%, 28%)
Analogous echo
Fuchsia Shadow Clear
#6E216E · hsl(300, 54%, 28%)
Triadic +120°
Olive Shadow Clear
#546E21 · hsl(80, 54%, 28%)
Triadic +240°
Azure Shadow Clear
#21546E · hsl(200, 54%, 28%)
Split-comp +150°
Leaf Shadow Clear
#2E6E21 · hsl(110, 54%, 28%)
Split-comp +210°
Lagoon Shadow Clear
#216E61 · hsl(170, 54%, 28%)
Export preview
Base: Rose Shadow Clear #6E2154
Lighter companion: Rose Dusk Clear #862866
Darker companion: Rose Nocturne Clear #4F173C
Complementary counterpoint: Seafoam Shadow Clear #216E3B
Analogous lead: Garnet Shadow Clear #6E213B
Analogous echo: Fuchsia Shadow Clear #6E216E
Triadic +120°: Olive Shadow Clear #546E21
Triadic +240°: Azure Shadow Clear #21546E
Split-comp +150°: Leaf Shadow Clear #2E6E21
Split-comp +210°: Lagoon Shadow Clear #216E61

Compare

See how Rose Shadow Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsRose Dusk ClearvsRose Nocturne ClearvsSeafoam Shadow ClearvsGarnet Shadow ClearvsFuchsia Shadow ClearvsOlive Shadow Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Rose Dusk Clear
#862866 · hsl(320, 54%, 34%)
Nearby match
Rose Nocturne Clear
#4F173C · hsl(320, 54%, 20%)
Nearby match
Rose Shadow Soft
#602F4F · hsl(320, 34%, 28%)
Nearby match
Rose Shadow Vivid
#7C1359 · hsl(320, 74%, 28%)
Nearby match
Rose Ink Clear
#37102A · hsl(320, 54%, 14%)
Nearby match
Rose Velvet Clear
#A5317E · hsl(320, 54%, 42%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA10:1
Seafoam Veil Faint
#F9FAFA
AAA10.1:1
Seafoam Veil Muted
#F9FBFA
AAA10.1:1
Seafoam Veil Dust
#F9FBF9
AAA10.1:1
Seafoam Veil Soft
#F8FCF9
AAA10.1:1
Seafoam Veil Clear
#F7FDF9
AAA10.2:1
Seafoam Veil Vivid
#F6FEF9

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#5A5F49
Protanopia
#57564B
Tritanopia
#6C4342
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