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#CB859E

#cb859e ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cb859e is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 52.16% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 34.48% magenta, 22.17% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 338.57°, with 40.23% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 2.57.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3194

Complementary

  1. #cb859e
  2. #85cbb2

Split complementary

  1. #cb859e
  2. #85cb8f
  3. #85c1cb

Analogous

  1. #cb85c1
  2. #cb859e
  3. #cb8f85

Triadic

  1. #cb859e
  2. #9ecb85
  3. #859ecb

Tetradic

  1. #cb859e
  2. #cbb285
  3. #85cbb2
  4. #859ecb

Square

  1. #cb859e
  2. #c1cb85
  3. #85cbb2
  4. #8f85cb

Monochromatic

  1. #803751
  2. #b44f73
  3. #cb859e
  4. #e2bbc9
  5. #f9f0f3

Shades

#cb859e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb859e
  2. #b7788e
  3. #a26a7e
  4. #8e5d6f
  5. #7a505f
  6. #66434f
  7. #51353f
  8. #3d282f
  9. #291b20
  10. #140d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb859e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb859e
  2. #d091a8
  3. #d59db1
  4. #dbaabb
  5. #e0b6c5
  6. #e5c2cf
  7. #eaced8
  8. #efdae2
  9. #f5e7ec
  10. #faf3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb859e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb859e
  2. #c4859b
  3. #bc8498
  4. #b58495
  5. #ad8392
  6. #a6838f
  7. #9e828c
  8. #978289
  9. #8f8186
  10. #888183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af929b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d929f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9e9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d6828e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa8d9f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2959d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d28394 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb859e {
  color: #cb859e;
}
Background
.bg-cb859e {
  background-color: #cb859e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb859e {
  border: 2px solid #cb859e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb859e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 133 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 339 40% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb859e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb859e, #cb8f85);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb859e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 133 158 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 2.57 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.29 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.13 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.62 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.72 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 8.98 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 9.06 #347a61 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Puce
#cb859e  rgb(203, 133, 158)  hsl(339, 40%, 66%)  Puce
#85cbb2  rgb(133, 203, 178)  hsl(159, 40%, 66%)  Medium Aquamarine
#9ecb85  rgb(158, 203, 133)  hsl(99, 40%, 66%)  Pistachio
#859ecb  rgb(133, 158, 203)  hsl(219, 40%, 66%)  Wild Blue Yonder