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#C48893

#c48893 ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c48893 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 53.33% green and 57.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 30.61% magenta, 25% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 349°, with 33.71% saturation and 65.1% 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 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 2.4.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3145

Complementary

  1. #c48893
  2. #88c4b9

Split complementary

  1. #c48893
  2. #88c49b
  3. #88b1c4

Analogous

  1. #c488b1
  2. #c48893
  3. #c49b88

Triadic

  1. #c48893
  2. #93c488
  3. #8893c4

Tetradic

  1. #c48893
  2. #c4b988
  3. #88c4b9
  4. #8893c4

Square

  1. #c48893
  2. #b1c488
  3. #88c4b9
  4. #9b88c4

Monochromatic

  1. #783b46
  2. #ab5565
  3. #c48893
  4. #ddbbc1
  5. #f7eef0

Shades

#c48893 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c48893
  2. #b07a84
  3. #9d6d76
  4. #895f67
  5. #765258
  6. #62444a
  7. #4e363b
  8. #3b292c
  9. #271b1d
  10. #140e0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#c48893 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c48893
  2. #ca949e
  3. #d0a0a9
  4. #d6acb3
  5. #dcb8be
  6. #e2c4c9
  7. #e7cfd4
  8. #eddbdf
  9. #f3e7e9
  10. #f9f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c48893 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c48893
  2. #bd8791
  3. #b6868f
  4. #b0868d
  5. #a9858b
  6. #a2848a
  7. #9b8388
  8. #948286
  9. #8e8284
  10. #878182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9296 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #919293 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9c92 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf848c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a88e93 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #af9592 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb858f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c48893 {
  color: #c48893;
}
Background
.bg-c48893 {
  background-color: #c48893;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c48893 {
  border: 2px solid #c48893;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c48893;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 136 147;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 34% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c48893 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c48893, #c49b88);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c48893 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 136 147 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 2.40 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.78 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 5.24 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.83 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.99 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 8.76 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 9.16 #3b776c Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Puce
#c48893  rgb(196, 136, 147)  hsl(349, 34%, 65%)  Puce
#88c4b9  rgb(136, 196, 185)  hsl(169, 34%, 65%)  Opal
#93c488  rgb(147, 196, 136)  hsl(109, 34%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#8893c4  rgb(136, 147, 196)  hsl(229, 34%, 65%)  Cool Gray