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#BA8A97

#ba8a97 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ba8a97 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 54.12% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.81% magenta, 18.82% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 343.75°, with 25.81% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.3085

Complementary

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #8abaad

Split complementary

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #8aba95
  3. #8aafba

Analogous

  1. #ba8aaf
  2. #ba8a97
  3. #ba958a

Triadic

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #97ba8a
  3. #8a97ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #baad8a
  3. #8abaad
  4. #8a97ba

Square

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #afba8a
  3. #8abaad
  4. #958aba

Monochromatic

  1. #6c3f4b
  2. #9c5c6d
  3. #ba8a97
  4. #d6bac2
  5. #f3eaed

Shades

#ba8a97 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #a77c88
  3. #956e79
  4. #82616a
  5. #70535b
  6. #5d454c
  7. #4a373c
  8. #38292d
  9. #251c1e
  10. #130e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba8a97 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #c196a1
  3. #c8a1ac
  4. #cfadb6
  5. #d6b9c1
  6. #ddc5cb
  7. #e3d0d5
  8. #eadce0
  9. #f1e8ea
  10. #f8f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba8a97 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba8a97
  2. #b48995
  3. #ae8892
  4. #a98790
  5. #a3868e
  6. #9d858c
  7. #978489
  8. #918387
  9. #8c8285
  10. #868182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69297 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909297 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9a96 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2878e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a28f97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a89496 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf8892 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba8a97 {
  color: #ba8a97;
}
Background
.bg-ba8a97 {
  background-color: #ba8a97;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba8a97 {
  border: 2px solid #ba8a97;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba8a97;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 138 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 344 26% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba8a97 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba8a97, #ba958a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba8a97 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 138 151 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 4.42 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.14 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.72 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.56 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.70 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.23 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.43 #457568 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Puce
#ba8a97  rgb(186, 138, 151)  hsl(344, 26%, 64%)  Puce
#8abaad  rgb(138, 186, 173)  hsl(164, 26%, 64%)  Opal
#97ba8a  rgb(151, 186, 138)  hsl(104, 26%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#8a97ba  rgb(138, 151, 186)  hsl(224, 26%, 64%)  Cool Gray