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#CE798E

#ce798e ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ce798e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 47.45% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 41.26% magenta, 31.07% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 345.18°, with 46.45% saturation and 64.12% 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 6.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.2875

Complementary

  1. #ce798e
  2. #79ceb9

Split complementary

  1. #ce798e
  2. #79ce8f
  3. #79b9ce

Analogous

  1. #ce79b9
  2. #ce798e
  3. #ce8f79

Triadic

  1. #ce798e
  2. #8ece79
  3. #798ece

Tetradic

  1. #ce798e
  2. #ceb979
  3. #79ceb9
  4. #798ece

Square

  1. #ce798e
  2. #b9ce79
  3. #79ceb9
  4. #8f79ce

Monochromatic

  1. #7f2f43
  2. #b74360
  3. #ce798e
  4. #e2b1bd
  5. #f7e9ec

Shades

#ce798e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce798e
  2. #b96d80
  3. #a56172
  4. #905563
  5. #7c4955
  6. #673d47
  7. #523039
  8. #3e242b
  9. #29181c
  10. #150c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce798e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce798e
  2. #d38699
  3. #d894a5
  4. #dda1b0
  5. #e2afbb
  6. #e7bcc7
  7. #ebc9d2
  8. #f0d7dd
  9. #f5e4e8
  10. #faf2f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce798e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce798e
  2. #c67a8d
  3. #be7a8b
  4. #b77b8a
  5. #af7c88
  6. #a77d87
  7. #9f7d86
  8. #977e84
  9. #907f83
  10. #887f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad8990 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86888f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b988c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #db7280 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8838e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b28d8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d67586 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce798e {
  color: #ce798e;
}
Background
.bg-ce798e {
  background-color: #ce798e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce798e {
  border: 2px solid #ce798e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce798e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 121 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 46% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce798e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce798e, #ce8f79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce798e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 121 142 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 3.87 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 4.25 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 5.45 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 6.25 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.80 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 6.84 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.93 #318671 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#ce798e  rgb(206, 121, 142)  hsl(345, 46%, 64%)  Pale Violet Red
#79ceb9  rgb(121, 206, 185)  hsl(165, 46%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#8ece79  rgb(142, 206, 121)  hsl(105, 46%, 64%)  Pistachio
#798ece  rgb(121, 142, 206)  hsl(225, 46%, 64%)  Glaucous