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#BD8892

#bd8892 ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bd8892 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 53.33% green and 57.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.04% magenta, 22.75% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 348.68°, with 28.65% saturation and 63.73% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.305

Complementary

  1. #bd8892
  2. #88bdb3

Split complementary

  1. #bd8892
  2. #88bd99
  3. #88adbd

Analogous

  1. #bd88ad
  2. #bd8892
  3. #bd9988

Triadic

  1. #bd8892
  2. #92bd88
  3. #8892bd

Tetradic

  1. #bd8892
  2. #bdb388
  3. #88bdb3
  4. #8892bd

Square

  1. #bd8892
  2. #adbd88
  3. #88bdb3
  4. #9988bd

Monochromatic

  1. #6f3d47
  2. #a05966
  3. #bd8892
  4. #d8b9bf
  5. #f4eaec

Shades

#bd8892 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd8892
  2. #aa7a83
  3. #976d75
  4. #845f66
  5. #715258
  6. #5f4449
  7. #4c363a
  8. #39292c
  9. #261b1d
  10. #130e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd8892 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd8892
  2. #c4949d
  3. #caa0a8
  4. #d1acb3
  5. #d7b8be
  6. #dec4c9
  7. #e5cfd3
  8. #ebdbde
  9. #f2e7e9
  10. #f8f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd8892 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd8892
  2. #b78790
  3. #b1868e
  4. #ab868d
  5. #a5858b
  6. #9f8489
  7. #988387
  8. #928285
  9. #8c8284
  10. #868182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79194 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909092 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9a91 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7848b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a48d92 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9391 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3868e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd8892 {
  color: #bd8892;
}
Background
.bg-bd8892 {
  background-color: #bd8892;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd8892 {
  border: 2px solid #bd8892;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd8892;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 136 146;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 29% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd8892 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd8892, #bd9988);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd8892 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 136 146 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 3.77 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.43 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.96 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.76 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.08 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.66 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.67 #42776d Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Puce
#bd8892  rgb(189, 136, 146)  hsl(349, 29%, 64%)  Puce
#88bdb3  rgb(136, 189, 179)  hsl(169, 29%, 64%)  Opal
#92bd88  rgb(146, 189, 136)  hsl(109, 29%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#8892bd  rgb(136, 146, 189)  hsl(229, 29%, 64%)  Cool Gray