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#C28FA9

#c28fa9 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#c28fa9 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 56.08% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 26.29% magenta, 12.89% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 329.41°, with 29.48% saturation and 66.08% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 5.55.

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Relative luminance0.3398

Complementary

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #8fc2a8

Split complementary

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #90c28f
  3. #8fc2c2

Analogous

  1. #c28fc2
  2. #c28fa9
  3. #c28f90

Triadic

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #a9c28f
  3. #8fa9c2

Tetradic

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #c2a88f
  3. #8fc2a8
  4. #8fa9c2

Square

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #c2c28f
  3. #8fc2a8
  4. #8f90c2

Monochromatic

  1. #77415d
  2. #a75d83
  3. #c28fa9
  4. #ddc1cf
  5. #f8f2f5

Shades

#c28fa9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #af8198
  3. #9b7287
  4. #886476
  5. #745665
  6. #614855
  7. #4e3944
  8. #3a2b33
  9. #271d22
  10. #130e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#c28fa9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #c89ab2
  3. #cea5ba
  4. #d4b1c3
  5. #dabccb
  6. #e1c7d4
  7. #e7d2dd
  8. #eddde5
  9. #f3e9ee
  10. #f9f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c28fa9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c28fa9
  2. #bb8ea5
  3. #b58ca1
  4. #ae8b9d
  5. #a88999
  6. #a18895
  7. #9a8690
  8. #94858c
  9. #8d8388
  10. #878284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad98a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9399aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea1a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c98e98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a895aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9aa8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c68f9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c28fa9 {
  color: #c28fa9;
}
Background
.bg-c28fa9 {
  background-color: #c28fa9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c28fa9 {
  border: 2px solid #c28fa9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c28fa9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 143 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 329 29% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c28fa9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c28fa9, #c28f90);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c28fa9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 143 169 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.55 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.34 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.36 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.34 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.34 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 10.21 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 10.30 #3d7056 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Puce
#c28fa9  rgb(194, 143, 169)  hsl(329, 29%, 66%)  Puce
#8fc2a8  rgb(143, 194, 168)  hsl(149, 29%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#a9c28f  rgb(169, 194, 143)  hsl(89, 29%, 66%)  Olivine
#8fa9c2  rgb(143, 169, 194)  hsl(209, 29%, 66%)  Iceberg