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#CC798D

#cc798d ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cc798d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 47.45% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40.69% magenta, 30.88% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 345.54°, with 44.86% saturation and 63.73% 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 6.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 4.21.

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Web safe#cc6699
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Relative luminance0.2844

Complementary

  1. #cc798d
  2. #79ccb8

Split complementary

  1. #cc798d
  2. #79cc8f
  3. #79b7cc

Analogous

  1. #cc79b7
  2. #cc798d
  3. #cc8f79

Triadic

  1. #cc798d
  2. #8dcc79
  3. #798dcc

Tetradic

  1. #cc798d
  2. #ccb879
  3. #79ccb8
  4. #798dcc

Square

  1. #cc798d
  2. #b7cc79
  3. #79ccb8
  4. #8f79cc

Monochromatic

  1. #7d2f42
  2. #b4455f
  3. #cc798d
  4. #e1b0bc
  5. #f6e8eb

Shades

#cc798d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc798d
  2. #b86d7f
  3. #a36171
  4. #8f5563
  5. #7a4955
  6. #663d47
  7. #523038
  8. #3d242a
  9. #29181c
  10. #140c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc798d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc798d
  2. #d18698
  3. #d694a4
  4. #dba1af
  5. #e0afbb
  6. #e6bcc6
  7. #ebc9d1
  8. #f0d7dd
  9. #f5e4e8
  10. #faf2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc798d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc798d
  2. #c47a8c
  3. #bd7a8a
  4. #b57b89
  5. #ae7c88
  6. #a67d87
  7. #9e7d85
  8. #977e84
  9. #8f7f83
  10. #887f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac8890 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86888e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b978b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d97380 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7828d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b18c8c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d47585 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc798d {
  color: #cc798d;
}
Background
.bg-cc798d {
  background-color: #cc798d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc798d {
  border: 2px solid #cc798d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc798d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 121 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 45% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc798d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc798d, #cc8f79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc798d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 121 141 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 4.21 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 4.22 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.07 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 5.88 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.60 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.98 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.16 #338672 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Puce
#cc798d  rgb(204, 121, 141)  hsl(346, 45%, 64%)  Puce
#79ccb8  rgb(121, 204, 184)  hsl(166, 45%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#8dcc79  rgb(141, 204, 121)  hsl(106, 45%, 64%)  Pistachio
#798dcc  rgb(121, 141, 204)  hsl(226, 45%, 64%)  Glaucous