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#CC899E

#cc899e ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#cc899e is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 53.73% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 32.84% magenta, 22.55% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 341.19°, with 39.64% saturation and 66.86% 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 7.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 1.47.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.332

Complementary

  1. #cc899e
  2. #89ccb7

Split complementary

  1. #cc899e
  2. #89cc95
  3. #89bfcc

Analogous

  1. #cc89bf
  2. #cc899e
  3. #cc9589

Triadic

  1. #cc899e
  2. #9ecc89
  3. #899ecc

Tetradic

  1. #cc899e
  2. #ccb789
  3. #89ccb7
  4. #899ecc

Square

  1. #cc899e
  2. #bfcc89
  3. #89ccb7
  4. #9589cc

Monochromatic

  1. #833950
  2. #b55472
  3. #cc899e
  4. #e3beca
  5. #f9f1f3

Shades

#cc899e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc899e
  2. #b87b8e
  3. #a36e7e
  4. #8f606f
  5. #7a525f
  6. #66454f
  7. #52373f
  8. #3d292f
  9. #291b20
  10. #140e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc899e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc899e
  2. #d195a8
  3. #d6a1b1
  4. #dbacbb
  5. #e0b8c5
  6. #e6c4cf
  7. #ebd0d8
  8. #f0dce2
  9. #f5e7ec
  10. #faf3f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc899e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc899e
  2. #c4889b
  3. #bd8798
  4. #b58695
  5. #ae8592
  6. #a6858f
  7. #9e848c
  8. #978389
  9. #8f8286
  10. #888183
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1959d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91959f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a09d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d78590 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac909e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4989d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d38796 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc899e {
  color: #cc899e;
}
Background
.bg-cc899e {
  background-color: #cc899e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc899e {
  border: 2px solid #cc899e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc899e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 137 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 341 40% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc899e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc899e, #cc9589);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc899e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 137 158 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 1.47 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.18 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.00 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 8.06 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.28 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 8.35 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 8.64 #337661 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Puce
#cc899e  rgb(204, 137, 158)  hsl(341, 40%, 67%)  Puce
#89ccb7  rgb(137, 204, 183)  hsl(161, 40%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine
#9ecc89  rgb(158, 204, 137)  hsl(101, 40%, 67%)  Pistachio
#899ecc  rgb(137, 158, 204)  hsl(221, 40%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder