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#BB91A4

#bb91a4 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bb91a4 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 56.86% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 22.46% magenta, 12.3% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 332.86°, with 23.6% saturation and 65.1% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 6.19.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.335

Complementary

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #91bba8

Split complementary

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #91bb93
  3. #91b9bb

Analogous

  1. #bb91b9
  2. #bb91a4
  3. #bb9391

Triadic

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #a4bb91
  3. #91a4bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #bba891
  3. #91bba8
  4. #91a4bb

Square

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #b9bb91
  3. #91bba8
  4. #9391bb

Monochromatic

  1. #6f4457
  2. #9e627d
  3. #bb91a4
  4. #d8c0cb
  5. #f5f0f2

Shades

#bb91a4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #a88394
  3. #967483
  4. #836673
  5. #705762
  6. #5e4952
  7. #4b3a42
  8. #382c31
  9. #251d21
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb91a4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #c29cad
  3. #c9a7b6
  4. #cfb2bf
  5. #d6bdc8
  6. #ddc8d2
  7. #e4d3db
  8. #ebdee4
  9. #f1e9ed
  10. #f8f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb91a4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb91a4
  2. #b58fa0
  3. #af8e9d
  4. #a98c99
  5. #a38a96
  6. #9e8992
  7. #98878e
  8. #92858b
  9. #8c8387
  10. #868284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa98a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9499a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9fa3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c19097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a596a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9aa3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf909d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb91a4 {
  color: #bb91a4;
}
Background
.bg-bb91a4 {
  background-color: #bb91a4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb91a4 {
  border: 2px solid #bb91a4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb91a4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 145 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 333 24% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb91a4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb91a4, #bb9391);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb91a4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 145 164 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.19 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.95 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.27 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.36 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.11 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.18 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.03 #446e5b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Puce
#bb91a4  rgb(187, 145, 164)  hsl(333, 24%, 65%)  Puce
#91bba8  rgb(145, 187, 168)  hsl(153, 24%, 65%)  Opal
#a4bb91  rgb(164, 187, 145)  hsl(93, 24%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#91a4bb  rgb(145, 164, 187)  hsl(213, 24%, 65%)  Wild Blue Yonder