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#CB8395

#cb8395 ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cb8395 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 51.37% green and 58.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 35.47% magenta, 26.6% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 345°, with 40.91% saturation and 65.49% 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 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.311

Complementary

  1. #cb8395
  2. #83cbb9

Split complementary

  1. #cb8395
  2. #83cb95
  3. #83b9cb

Analogous

  1. #cb83b9
  2. #cb8395
  3. #cb9583

Triadic

  1. #cb8395
  2. #95cb83
  3. #8395cb

Tetradic

  1. #cb8395
  2. #cbb983
  3. #83cbb9
  4. #8395cb

Square

  1. #cb8395
  2. #b9cb83
  3. #83cbb9
  4. #9583cb

Monochromatic

  1. #803548
  2. #b44d67
  3. #cb8395
  4. #e2b9c3
  5. #f8eff1

Shades

#cb8395 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb8395
  2. #b77686
  3. #a26977
  4. #8e5c68
  5. #7a4f59
  6. #66424b
  7. #51343c
  8. #3d272d
  9. #291a1e
  10. #140d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb8395 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb8395
  2. #d08fa0
  3. #d59caa
  4. #dba8b5
  5. #e0b5bf
  6. #e5c1ca
  7. #eacdd5
  8. #efdadf
  9. #f5e6ea
  10. #faf3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb8395 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb8395
  2. #c48393
  3. #bc8291
  4. #b5828f
  5. #ad828d
  6. #a6828b
  7. #9e8188
  8. #978186
  9. #8f8184
  10. #888082
  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 #ae9096 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d8f96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9f9c93 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d77e89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa8b95 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b29394 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d2808e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb8395 {
  color: #cb8395;
}
Background
.bg-cb8395 {
  background-color: #cb8395;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb8395 {
  border: 2px solid #cb8395;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb8395;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 131 149;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 41% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb8395 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb8395, #cb9583);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb8395 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 131 149 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 1.40 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.08 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.35 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.38 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.64 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.03 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 8.17 #347c6a Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Puce
#cb8395  rgb(203, 131, 149)  hsl(345, 41%, 65%)  Puce
#83cbb9  rgb(131, 203, 185)  hsl(165, 41%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#95cb83  rgb(149, 203, 131)  hsl(105, 41%, 65%)  Pistachio
#8395cb  rgb(131, 149, 203)  hsl(225, 41%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue