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#C68EAE

#c68eae ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#c68eae is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 55.69% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 28.28% magenta, 12.12% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 325.71°, with 32.94% saturation and 66.67% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 6.34.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #c68eae
  2. #8ec6a6

Split complementary

  1. #c68eae
  2. #92c68e
  3. #8ec6c2

Analogous

  1. #c28ec6
  2. #c68eae
  3. #c68e92

Triadic

  1. #c68eae
  2. #aec68e
  3. #8eaec6

Tetradic

  1. #c68eae
  2. #c6a68e
  3. #8ec6a6
  4. #8eaec6

Square

  1. #c68eae
  2. #c6c28e
  3. #8ec6a6
  4. #8e92c6

Monochromatic

  1. #7c3f62
  2. #ac5b8a
  3. #c68eae
  4. #e0c1d2
  5. #f8f1f5

Shades

#c68eae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c68eae
  2. #b2809d
  3. #9e728b
  4. #8b637a
  5. #775568
  6. #634757
  7. #4f3946
  8. #3b2b34
  9. #281c23
  10. #140e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#c68eae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c68eae
  2. #cc99b6
  3. #d1a5be
  4. #d7b0c6
  5. #ddbbce
  6. #e3c7d7
  7. #e8d2df
  8. #eedde7
  9. #f4e8ef
  10. #f9f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c68eae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c68eae
  2. #bf8da9
  3. #b88ba5
  4. #b18aa0
  5. #aa889c
  6. #a38797
  7. #9c8692
  8. #95848e
  9. #8e8389
  10. #878185
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b098a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9199af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea2ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd8e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a995af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b09aad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca8ea2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c68eae {
  color: #c68eae;
}
Background
.bg-c68eae {
  background-color: #c68eae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c68eae {
  border: 2px solid #c68eae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c68eae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 142 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 326 33% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c68eae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c68eae, #c68e92);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c68eae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 142 174 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.34 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.89 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 8.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.14 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 9.39 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.63 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 9.98 #397151 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Puce
#c68eae  rgb(198, 142, 174)  hsl(326, 33%, 67%)  Puce
#8ec6a6  rgb(142, 198, 166)  hsl(146, 33%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#aec68e  rgb(174, 198, 142)  hsl(86, 33%, 67%)  Olivine
#8eaec6  rgb(142, 174, 198)  hsl(206, 33%, 67%)  Moonstone Blue