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#B78BA2

#b78ba2 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#b78ba2 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 54.51% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 24.04% magenta, 11.48% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 328.64°, with 23.4% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 6.37.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3114

Complementary

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #8bb7a0

Split complementary

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #8cb78b
  3. #8bb7b6

Analogous

  1. #b68bb7
  2. #b78ba2
  3. #b78b8c

Triadic

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #a2b78b
  3. #8ba2b7

Tetradic

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #b7a08b
  3. #8bb7a0
  4. #8ba2b7

Square

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #b7b68b
  3. #8bb7a0
  4. #8b8cb7

Monochromatic

  1. #684155
  2. #975e7c
  3. #b78ba2
  4. #d4bac8
  5. #f2e9ee

Shades

#b78ba2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #a57d92
  3. #926f82
  4. #806171
  5. #6e5361
  6. #5c4651
  7. #493841
  8. #372a31
  9. #251c20
  10. #120e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#b78ba2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #be97ab
  3. #c5a2b5
  4. #cdaebe
  5. #d4b9c7
  6. #dbc5d1
  7. #e2d1da
  8. #e9dce3
  9. #f1e8ec
  10. #f8f3f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b78ba2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b78ba2
  2. #b28a9f
  3. #ac899b
  4. #a78898
  5. #a18794
  6. #9c8691
  7. #96848e
  8. #91838a
  9. #8b8287
  10. #868183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5939c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e93a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #989aa1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd8b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a090a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a594a1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bb8b99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b78ba2 {
  color: #b78ba2;
}
Background
.bg-b78ba2 {
  background-color: #b78ba2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b78ba2 {
  border: 2px solid #b78ba2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b78ba2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 139 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 329 23% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b78ba2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b78ba2, #b78b8c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b78ba2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 139 162 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.37 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.83 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.87 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.05 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.56 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.61 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 9.34 #48745d Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Puce
#b78ba2  rgb(183, 139, 162)  hsl(329, 23%, 63%)  Puce
#8bb7a0  rgb(139, 183, 160)  hsl(149, 23%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#a2b78b  rgb(162, 183, 139)  hsl(89, 23%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#8ba2b7  rgb(139, 162, 183)  hsl(209, 23%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue