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#CC7E8A

#cc7e8a ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cc7e8a is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 49.41% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.24% magenta, 32.35% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 350.77°, with 43.33% saturation and 64.71% 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 3.89.

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Web safe#cc6699
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Relative luminance0.2959

Complementary

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #7eccc0

Split complementary

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #7ecc99
  3. #7eb1cc

Analogous

  1. #cc7eb1
  2. #cc7e8a
  3. #cc997e

Triadic

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #8acc7e
  3. #7e8acc

Tetradic

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #ccc07e
  3. #7eccc0
  4. #7e8acc

Square

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #b1cc7e
  3. #7eccc0
  4. #997ecc

Monochromatic

  1. #7f323e
  2. #b64859
  3. #cc7e8a
  4. #e2b5bc
  5. #f7eced

Shades

#cc7e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #b8717c
  3. #a3656e
  4. #8f5861
  5. #7a4c53
  6. #663f45
  7. #523237
  8. #3d2629
  9. #29191c
  10. #140d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc7e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #d18b96
  3. #d698a1
  4. #dba5ad
  5. #e0b2b9
  6. #e6bfc5
  7. #ebcbd0
  8. #f0d8dc
  9. #f5e5e8
  10. #faf2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc7e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc7e8a
  2. #c47e89
  3. #bd7e88
  4. #b57f87
  5. #ae7f86
  6. #a67f85
  7. #9e7f84
  8. #977f83
  9. #8f8082
  10. #888081
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad8c90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b8b8a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9a88 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d97782 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9868a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b28f89 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d47a85 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc7e8a {
  color: #cc7e8a;
}
Background
.bg-cc7e8a {
  background-color: #cc7e8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc7e8a {
  border: 2px solid #cc7e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc7e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 126 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 43% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc7e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc7e8a, #cc997e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc7e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 126 138 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 3.89 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 4.36 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.76 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 6.05 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.44 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.90 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 8.69 #338175 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Puce
#cc7e8a  rgb(204, 126, 138)  hsl(351, 43%, 65%)  Puce
#7eccc0  rgb(126, 204, 192)  hsl(171, 43%, 65%)  Medium Turquoise
#8acc7e  rgb(138, 204, 126)  hsl(111, 43%, 65%)  Pistachio
#7e8acc  rgb(126, 138, 204)  hsl(231, 43%, 65%)  Glaucous