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#BE899A

#be899a ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#be899a is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 53.73% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 27.89% magenta, 18.95% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 340.75°, with 28.96% saturation and 64.12% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3117

Complementary

  1. #be899a
  2. #89bead

Split complementary

  1. #be899a
  2. #89be93
  3. #89b5be

Analogous

  1. #be89b5
  2. #be899a
  3. #be9389

Triadic

  1. #be899a
  2. #9abe89
  3. #899abe

Tetradic

  1. #be899a
  2. #bead89
  3. #89bead
  4. #899abe

Square

  1. #be899a
  2. #b5be89
  3. #89bead
  4. #9389be

Monochromatic

  1. #703e4e
  2. #a25970
  3. #be899a
  4. #d9bac4
  5. #f4ecee

Shades

#be899a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be899a
  2. #ab7b8b
  3. #986e7b
  4. #85606c
  5. #72525c
  6. #5f454d
  7. #4c373e
  8. #39292e
  9. #261b1f
  10. #130e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#be899a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be899a
  2. #c595a4
  3. #cba1ae
  4. #d2acb8
  5. #d8b8c2
  6. #dfc4cd
  7. #e5d0d7
  8. #ecdce1
  9. #f2e7eb
  10. #f9f3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be899a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be899a
  2. #b88897
  3. #b28795
  4. #ab8692
  5. #a58590
  6. #9f858d
  7. #99848a
  8. #938388
  9. #8c8285
  10. #868183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89299 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f929b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9b99 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7868f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a48f9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aa9499 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c38793 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be899a {
  color: #be899a;
}
Background
.bg-be899a {
  background-color: #be899a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be899a {
  border: 2px solid #be899a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be899a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 137 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 341 29% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be899a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be899a, #be9389);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be899a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 137 154 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 3.39 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 6.53 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.33 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.34 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 9.17 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.18 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 9.27 #417665 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Puce
#be899a  rgb(190, 137, 154)  hsl(341, 29%, 64%)  Puce
#89bead  rgb(137, 190, 173)  hsl(161, 29%, 64%)  Opal
#9abe89  rgb(154, 190, 137)  hsl(101, 29%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#899abe  rgb(137, 154, 190)  hsl(221, 29%, 64%)  Cool Gray