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#BB8EA2

#bb8ea2 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb8ea2 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 55.69% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.06% magenta, 13.37% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 333.33°, with 24.86% saturation and 64.51% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3252

Complementary

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #8ebba7

Split complementary

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #8ebb90
  3. #8eb9bb

Analogous

  1. #bb8eb9
  2. #bb8ea2
  3. #bb908e

Triadic

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #a2bb8e
  3. #8ea2bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #bba78e
  3. #8ebba7
  4. #8ea2bb

Square

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #b9bb8e
  3. #8ebba7
  4. #908ebb

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4256
  2. #9e5f7b
  3. #bb8ea2
  4. #d8bec9
  5. #f4eef1

Shades

#bb8ea2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #a88092
  3. #967282
  4. #836371
  5. #705561
  6. #5e4751
  7. #4b3941
  8. #382b31
  9. #251c20
  10. #130e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8ea2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #c299ab
  3. #c9a5b5
  4. #cfb0be
  5. #d6bbc7
  6. #ddc7d1
  7. #e4d2da
  8. #ebdde3
  9. #f1e8ec
  10. #f8f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8ea2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8ea2
  2. #b58d9f
  3. #af8b9b
  4. #a98a98
  5. #a38894
  6. #9e8791
  7. #98868e
  8. #92848a
  9. #8c8387
  10. #868183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8969e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9296a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9da1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c28d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a493a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a997a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf8d9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8ea2 {
  color: #bb8ea2;
}
Background
.bg-bb8ea2 {
  background-color: #bb8ea2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8ea2 {
  border: 2px solid #bb8ea2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8ea2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 142 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 333 25% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8ea2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8ea2, #bb908e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8ea2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 142 162 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.55 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.80 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.57 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.82 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 9.49 #44715d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Puce
#bb8ea2  rgb(187, 142, 162)  hsl(333, 25%, 65%)  Puce
#8ebba7  rgb(142, 187, 167)  hsl(153, 25%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#a2bb8e  rgb(162, 187, 142)  hsl(93, 25%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#8ea2bb  rgb(142, 162, 187)  hsl(213, 25%, 65%)  Wild Blue Yonder