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#CB8697

#cb8697 ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cb8697 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 52.55% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.99% magenta, 25.62% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 345.22°, with 39.88% saturation and 66.08% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 0.57.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #cb8697
  2. #86cbba

Split complementary

  1. #cb8697
  2. #86cb98
  3. #86b9cb

Analogous

  1. #cb86b9
  2. #cb8697
  3. #cb9886

Triadic

  1. #cb8697
  2. #97cb86
  3. #8697cb

Tetradic

  1. #cb8697
  2. #cbba86
  3. #86cbba
  4. #8697cb

Square

  1. #cb8697
  2. #b9cb86
  3. #86cbba
  4. #9886cb

Monochromatic

  1. #813749
  2. #b45169
  3. #cb8697
  4. #e2bcc5
  5. #f9f1f3

Shades

#cb8697 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb8697
  2. #b77988
  3. #a26b79
  4. #8e5e6a
  5. #7a505b
  6. #66434c
  7. #51363c
  8. #3d282d
  9. #291b1e
  10. #140d0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb8697 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb8697
  2. #d092a1
  3. #d59eac
  4. #dbaab6
  5. #e0b6c1
  6. #e5c3cb
  7. #eacfd5
  8. #efdbe0
  9. #f5e7ea
  10. #faf3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb8697 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb8697
  2. #c48595
  3. #bc8592
  4. #b58490
  5. #ad848e
  6. #a6838c
  7. #9e8289
  8. #978287
  9. #8f8185
  10. #888182
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af9298 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #909298 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19e96 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7818c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab8d97 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b39596 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d28390 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb8697 {
  color: #cb8697;
}
Background
.bg-cb8697 {
  background-color: #cb8697;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb8697 {
  border: 2px solid #cb8697;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb8697;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 134 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 40% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb8697 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb8697, #cb9886);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb8697 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 134 151 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 0.57 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.36 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.81 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 6.95 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.49 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.25 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 8.74 #347968 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Puce
#cb8697  rgb(203, 134, 151)  hsl(345, 40%, 66%)  Puce
#86cbba  rgb(134, 203, 186)  hsl(165, 40%, 66%)  Medium Aquamarine
#97cb86  rgb(151, 203, 134)  hsl(105, 40%, 66%)  Pistachio
#8697cb  rgb(134, 151, 203)  hsl(225, 40%, 66%)  Cool Gray