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#CA8399

#ca8399 ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ca8399 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 51.37% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.15% magenta, 24.26% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 341.41°, with 40.11% saturation and 65.29% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, 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 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 1.93.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3109

Complementary

  1. #ca8399
  2. #83cab4

Split complementary

  1. #ca8399
  2. #83ca90
  3. #83bcca

Analogous

  1. #ca83bc
  2. #ca8399
  3. #ca9083

Triadic

  1. #ca8399
  2. #99ca83
  3. #8399ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8399
  2. #cab483
  3. #83cab4
  4. #8399ca

Square

  1. #ca8399
  2. #bcca83
  3. #83cab4
  4. #9083ca

Monochromatic

  1. #7e364c
  2. #b34d6d
  3. #ca8399
  4. #e1b9c5
  5. #f8eef1

Shades

#ca8399 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8399
  2. #b6768a
  3. #a2697a
  4. #8d5c6b
  5. #794f5c
  6. #65424d
  7. #51343d
  8. #3d272e
  9. #281a1f
  10. #140d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8399 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8399
  2. #cf8fa3
  3. #d59cad
  4. #daa8b8
  5. #dfb5c2
  6. #e5c1cc
  7. #eacdd6
  8. #efdae0
  9. #f4e6eb
  10. #faf3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8399 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8399
  2. #c38397
  3. #bb8294
  4. #b48292
  5. #ac828f
  6. #a5828d
  7. #9e818a
  8. #968188
  9. #8f8185
  10. #878083
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9098 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c909a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9c97 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d57f8b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a98b99 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b19398 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d18191 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8399 {
  color: #ca8399;
}
Background
.bg-ca8399 {
  background-color: #ca8399;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8399 {
  border: 2px solid #ca8399;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8399;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 131 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 341 40% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8399 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8399, #ca9083);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8399 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 131 153 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 1.93 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 5.91 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.67 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.39 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.59 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.26 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.82 #357c66 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Puce
#ca8399  rgb(202, 131, 153)  hsl(341, 40%, 65%)  Puce
#83cab4  rgb(131, 202, 180)  hsl(161, 40%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#99ca83  rgb(153, 202, 131)  hsl(101, 40%, 65%)  Pistachio
#8399ca  rgb(131, 153, 202)  hsl(221, 40%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue