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#DC848E

#dc848e ≈ Puce

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#dc848e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 51.76% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 35.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 353.18°, with 55.7% saturation and 69.02% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3367

Complementary

  1. #dc848e
  2. #84dcd2

Split complementary

  1. #dc848e
  2. #84dca6
  3. #84badc

Analogous

  1. #dc84ba
  2. #dc848e
  3. #dca684

Triadic

  1. #dc848e
  2. #8edc84
  3. #848edc

Tetradic

  1. #dc848e
  2. #dcd284
  3. #84dcd2
  4. #848edc

Square

  1. #dc848e
  2. #badc84
  3. #84dcd2
  4. #a684dc

Monochromatic

  1. #9b2c39
  2. #cb4857
  3. #dc848e
  4. #edc0c5
  5. #faeff0

Shades

#dc848e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dc848e
  2. #c67780
  3. #b06a72
  4. #9a5c63
  5. #844f55
  6. #6e4247
  7. #583539
  8. #42282b
  9. #2c1a1c
  10. #160d0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#dc848e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dc848e
  2. #e09099
  3. #e39da5
  4. #e7a9b0
  5. #eab5bb
  6. #eec2c7
  7. #f1ced2
  8. #f5dadd
  9. #f8e6e8
  10. #fcf3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dc848e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dc848e
  2. #d3848d
  3. #ca838b
  4. #c0838a
  5. #b78288
  6. #ae8287
  7. #a58286
  8. #9c8184
  9. #928183
  10. #898081
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ba9497 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94938e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaa38c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb7b88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b58d8e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0988d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e57f8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dc848e {
  color: #dc848e;
}
Background
.bg-dc848e {
  background-color: #dc848e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dc848e {
  border: 2px solid #dc848e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dc848e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 132 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 56% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dc848e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc848e, #dca684);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dc848e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 132 142 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 5.17 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.91 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 6.06 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 6.88 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 7.57 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 7.79 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.70 #237b71 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Puce
#dc848e  rgb(220, 132, 142)  hsl(353, 56%, 69%)  Puce
#84dcd2  rgb(132, 220, 210)  hsl(173, 56%, 69%)  Medium Turquoise
#8edc84  rgb(142, 220, 132)  hsl(113, 56%, 69%)  Pastel Green
#848edc  rgb(132, 142, 220)  hsl(233, 56%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue