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#C68898

#c68898 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c68898 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 53.33% green and 59.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.31% magenta, 23.23% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 344.52°, with 35.23% saturation and 65.49% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 1.29.

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Relative luminance0.3188

Complementary

  1. #c68898
  2. #88c6b6

Split complementary

  1. #c68898
  2. #88c697
  3. #88b7c6

Analogous

  1. #c688b7
  2. #c68898
  3. #c69788

Triadic

  1. #c68898
  2. #98c688
  3. #8898c6

Tetradic

  1. #c68898
  2. #c6b688
  3. #88c6b6
  4. #8898c6

Square

  1. #c68898
  2. #b7c688
  3. #88c6b6
  4. #9788c6

Monochromatic

  1. #7a3b4b
  2. #ad546b
  3. #c68898
  4. #dfbcc5
  5. #f8eff2

Shades

#c68898 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c68898
  2. #b27a89
  3. #9e6d7a
  4. #8b5f6a
  5. #77525b
  6. #63444c
  7. #4f363d
  8. #3b292e
  9. #281b1e
  10. #140e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c68898 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c68898
  2. #cc94a2
  3. #d1a0ad
  4. #d7acb7
  5. #ddb8c1
  6. #e3c4cc
  7. #e8cfd6
  8. #eedbe0
  9. #f4e7ea
  10. #f9f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c68898 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c68898
  2. #bf8796
  3. #b88693
  4. #b18691
  5. #aa858e
  6. #a3848c
  7. #9c838a
  8. #958287
  9. #8e8285
  10. #878182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9399 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909299 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9d97 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0848d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a98e98 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b09597 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc8692 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c68898 {
  color: #c68898;
}
Background
.bg-c68898 {
  background-color: #c68898;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c68898 {
  border: 2px solid #c68898;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c68898;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 136 152;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 35% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c68898 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c68898, #c69788);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c68898 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 136 152 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 1.29 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.35 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.67 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.03 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.90 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.52 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 9.56 #397767 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Puce
#c68898  rgb(198, 136, 152)  hsl(345, 35%, 65%)  Puce
#88c6b6  rgb(136, 198, 182)  hsl(165, 35%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#98c688  rgb(152, 198, 136)  hsl(105, 35%, 65%)  Pistachio
#8898c6  rgb(136, 152, 198)  hsl(225, 35%, 65%)  Cool Gray