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#BF8FAA

#bf8faa ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#bf8faa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 56.08% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.13% magenta, 10.99% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 326.25°, with 27.27% saturation and 65.49% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 6.34.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3362

Complementary

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #8fbfa4

Split complementary

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #92bf8f
  3. #8fbfbc

Analogous

  1. #bc8fbf
  2. #bf8faa
  3. #bf8f92

Triadic

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #aabf8f
  3. #8faabf

Tetradic

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #bfa48f
  3. #8fbfa4
  4. #8faabf

Square

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #bfbc8f
  3. #8fbfa4
  4. #8f92bf

Monochromatic

  1. #73425e
  2. #a35e85
  3. #bf8faa
  4. #dbc0cf
  5. #f7f0f4

Shades

#bf8faa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #ac8199
  3. #997288
  4. #866477
  5. #735666
  6. #604855
  7. #4c3944
  8. #392b33
  9. #261d22
  10. #130e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf8faa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #c59ab3
  3. #cca5bb
  4. #d2b1c4
  5. #d9bccc
  6. #dfc7d5
  7. #e5d2dd
  8. #ecdde6
  9. #f2e9ee
  10. #f9f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf8faa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf8faa
  2. #b98ea6
  3. #b28ca2
  4. #ac8b9d
  5. #a68999
  6. #a08895
  7. #998691
  8. #93858d
  9. #8d8388
  10. #868284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac97a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9298ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da0a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c58f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a695ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac99a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c38fa0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf8faa {
  color: #bf8faa;
}
Background
.bg-bf8faa {
  background-color: #bf8faa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf8faa {
  border: 2px solid #bf8faa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf8faa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 143 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 326 27% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf8faa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf8faa, #bf8f92);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf8faa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 143 170 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.34 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.92 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.76 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.78 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.70 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.86 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 10.24 #407055 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Puce
#bf8faa  rgb(191, 143, 170)  hsl(326, 27%, 65%)  Puce
#8fbfa4  rgb(143, 191, 164)  hsl(146, 27%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#aabf8f  rgb(170, 191, 143)  hsl(86, 27%, 65%)  Olivine
#8faabf  rgb(143, 170, 191)  hsl(206, 27%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue