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#C694AE

#c694ae ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#c694ae is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 58.04% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 25.25% magenta, 12.12% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 328.8°, with 30.49% saturation and 67.84% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 6.14.

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Relative luminance0.3624

Complementary

  1. #c694ae
  2. #94c6ac

Split complementary

  1. #c694ae
  2. #95c694
  3. #94c6c5

Analogous

  1. #c594c6
  2. #c694ae
  3. #c69495

Triadic

  1. #c694ae
  2. #aec694
  3. #94aec6

Tetradic

  1. #c694ae
  2. #c6ac94
  3. #94c6ac
  4. #94aec6

Square

  1. #c694ae
  2. #c6c594
  3. #94c6ac
  4. #9495c6

Monochromatic

  1. #7e4362
  2. #ab6288
  3. #c694ae
  4. #e1c6d4
  5. #f8f2f5

Shades

#c694ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c694ae
  2. #b2859d
  3. #9e768b
  4. #8b687a
  5. #775968
  6. #634a57
  7. #4f3b46
  8. #3b2c34
  9. #281e23
  10. #140f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#c694ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c694ae
  2. #cc9fb6
  3. #d1a9be
  4. #d7b4c6
  5. #ddbfce
  6. #e3cad7
  7. #e8d4df
  8. #eedfe7
  9. #f4eaef
  10. #f9f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c694ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c694ae
  2. #bf92a9
  3. #b890a5
  4. #b18ea0
  5. #aa8c9c
  6. #a38a97
  7. #9c8892
  8. #95868e
  9. #8e8489
  10. #878285
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b29da7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #979daf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a5ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd939d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9aaf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b29fad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca94a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c694ae {
  color: #c694ae;
}
Background
.bg-c694ae {
  background-color: #c694ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c694ae {
  border: 2px solid #c694ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c694ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 148 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 329 30% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c694ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c694ae, #c69495);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c694ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 148 174 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.14 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.31 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.84 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.20 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.61 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 9.78 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.19 #396b51 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Puce
#c694ae  rgb(198, 148, 174)  hsl(329, 30%, 68%)  Puce
#94c6ac  rgb(148, 198, 172)  hsl(149, 30%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#aec694  rgb(174, 198, 148)  hsl(89, 30%, 68%)  Olivine
#94aec6  rgb(148, 174, 198)  hsl(209, 30%, 68%)  Light Steel Blue