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#E08CAA

#e08caa ≈ Puce

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#e08caa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 54.9% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 37.5% magenta, 24.11% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 338.57°, with 57.53% saturation and 71.37% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Puce (#cc8899), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#cc9999
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Relative luminance0.3751

Complementary

  1. #e08caa
  2. #8ce0c2

Split complementary

  1. #e08caa
  2. #8ce098
  3. #8cd4e0

Analogous

  1. #e08cd4
  2. #e08caa
  3. #e0988c

Triadic

  1. #e08caa
  2. #aae08c
  3. #8caae0

Tetradic

  1. #e08caa
  2. #e0c28c
  3. #8ce0c2
  4. #8caae0

Square

  1. #e08caa
  2. #d4e08c
  3. #8ce0c2
  4. #988ce0

Monochromatic

  1. #a62d58
  2. #d0507d
  3. #e08caa
  4. #f0c8d7
  5. #fbeff3

Shades

#e08caa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e08caa
  2. #ca7e99
  3. #b37088
  4. #9d6277
  5. #865466
  6. #704655
  7. #5a3844
  8. #432a33
  9. #2d1c22
  10. #160e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#e08caa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e08caa
  2. #e398b3
  3. #e6a3bb
  4. #e9afc4
  5. #ecbacc
  6. #f0c6d5
  7. #f3d1dd
  8. #f6dde6
  9. #f9e8ee
  10. #fcf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e08caa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e08caa
  2. #d68ba6
  3. #cd8aa2
  4. #c3889d
  5. #ba8799
  6. #b08695
  7. #a68591
  8. #9d848d
  9. #938288
  10. #8a8184
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf9ba7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #969cab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abaaa8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ed8896 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b996ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c39fa9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8899f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e08caa {
  color: #e08caa;
}
Background
.bg-e08caa {
  background-color: #e08caa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e08caa {
  border: 2px solid #e08caa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e08caa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 140 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 339 58% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e08caa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e08caa, #e0988c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e08caa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 140 170 / 0.35);
}

#cc8899 Puce ΔE 4.92 #fc8eac Flamingo Pink ΔE 5.21 #db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 6.99 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 7.07 #de6fa1 Thulian Pink ΔE 7.24 #ff91a4 Salmon Pink ΔE 7.39 #ffa6c9 Carnation Pink ΔE 7.65 #1f7355 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Puce
#e08caa  rgb(224, 140, 170)  hsl(339, 58%, 71%)  Puce
#8ce0c2  rgb(140, 224, 194)  hsl(159, 58%, 71%)  Seafoam Green
#aae08c  rgb(170, 224, 140)  hsl(99, 58%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple
#8caae0  rgb(140, 170, 224)  hsl(219, 58%, 71%)  Iceberg