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#CB6987

#cb6987 ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • rose
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cb6987 is a color from the rose family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 41.18% green and 52.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 48.28% magenta, 33.5% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 341.63°, with 48.51% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.2455

Complementary

  1. #cb6987
  2. #69cbad

Split complementary

  1. #cb6987
  2. #69cb7c
  3. #69b8cb

Analogous

  1. #cb69b8
  2. #cb6987
  3. #cb7c69

Triadic

  1. #cb6987
  2. #87cb69
  3. #6987cb

Tetradic

  1. #cb6987
  2. #cbad69
  3. #69cbad
  4. #6987cb

Square

  1. #cb6987
  2. #b8cb69
  3. #69cbad
  4. #7c69cb

Monochromatic

  1. #73283f
  2. #ac3c5e
  3. #cb6987
  4. #dfa2b4
  5. #f2dbe2

Shades

#cb6987 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb6987
  2. #b75f7a
  3. #a2546c
  4. #8e4a5f
  5. #7a3f51
  6. #663544
  7. #512a36
  8. #3d2029
  9. #29151b
  10. #140b0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb6987 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb6987
  2. #d07893
  3. #d5879f
  4. #db96ab
  5. #e0a5b7
  6. #e5b4c3
  7. #eac3cf
  8. #efd2db
  9. #f5e1e7
  10. #faf0f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb6987 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb6987
  2. #c46b86
  3. #bc6e86
  4. #b57085
  5. #ad7284
  6. #a67584
  7. #9e7783
  8. #977982
  9. #8f7b81
  10. #887e81
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a77d87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #797d88 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #928f85 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d96174 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a07588 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac8186 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4647c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb6987 {
  color: #cb6987;
}
Background
.bg-cb6987 {
  background-color: #cb6987;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb6987 {
  border: 2px solid #cb6987;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb6987;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 105 135;
  --color-primary-hsl: 342 49% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb6987 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb6987, #cb7c69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb6987 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 105 135 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 3.76 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 4.04 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.54 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.96 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 6.15 #f64a8a French Rose ΔE 7.96 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.35 #349678 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#cb6987  rgb(203, 105, 135)  hsl(342, 49%, 60%)  Pale Violet Red
#69cbad  rgb(105, 203, 173)  hsl(162, 49%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine
#87cb69  rgb(135, 203, 105)  hsl(102, 49%, 60%)  Mantis
#6987cb  rgb(105, 135, 203)  hsl(222, 49%, 60%)  Glaucous