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#C57C8B

#c57c8b ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c57c8b is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 48.63% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.06% magenta, 29.44% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 347.67°, with 38.62% saturation and 62.94% 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 6.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#cc6699
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Relative luminance0.2815

Complementary

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #7cc5b6

Split complementary

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #7cc591
  3. #7cafc5

Analogous

  1. #c57caf
  2. #c57c8b
  3. #c5917c

Triadic

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #8bc57c
  3. #7c8bc5

Tetradic

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #c5b67c
  3. #7cc5b6
  4. #7c8bc5

Square

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #afc57c
  3. #7cc5b6
  4. #917cc5

Monochromatic

  1. #743441
  2. #a94b5e
  3. #c57c8b
  4. #dcb1ba
  5. #f4e6e9

Shades

#c57c8b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #b1707d
  3. #9e636f
  4. #8a5761
  5. #764a53
  6. #633e46
  7. #4f3238
  8. #3b252a
  9. #27191c
  10. #140c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#c57c8b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #cb8997
  3. #d196a2
  4. #d6a3ae
  5. #dcb0b9
  6. #e2bec5
  7. #e8cbd1
  8. #eed8dc
  9. #f3e5e8
  10. #f9f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c57c8b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c57c8b
  2. #be7c8a
  3. #b77d89
  4. #b07d88
  5. #a97e87
  6. #a37e86
  7. #9c7e84
  8. #957f83
  9. #8e7f82
  10. #878081
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8898e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88888b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99968a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d17681 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4848b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac8c8a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc7985 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c57c8b {
  color: #c57c8b;
}
Background
.bg-c57c8b {
  background-color: #c57c8b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c57c8b {
  border: 2px solid #c57c8b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c57c8b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 124 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 39% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c57c8b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c57c8b, #c5917c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c57c8b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 124 139 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 3.72 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 4.20 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.99 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.16 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.12 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.16 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.56 #3a8374 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Puce
#c57c8b  rgb(197, 124, 139)  hsl(348, 39%, 63%)  Puce
#7cc5b6  rgb(124, 197, 182)  hsl(168, 39%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#8bc57c  rgb(139, 197, 124)  hsl(108, 39%, 63%)  Pistachio
#7c8bc5  rgb(124, 139, 197)  hsl(228, 39%, 63%)  Glaucous