Puce - 10/22/2013
Puce is the Color of the Day for 10/22/2013. Puce has a hex value of #7F5A58. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 127, Green: 90, and Blue: 88
Color Spaces of Puce
| Hex | 7F5A58 | #7F5A58 |
| RGB | 127 90 88 | rgb(127 90 88) |
| RGB % | 50 35 35 | rgb(50 35 35) |
| CIELAB | 42.22, 15.48, 7.53 | |
| CMY | 50, 65, 65 | |
| CMYK | 0, 29, 31, 50 | |
| HSL | 3, 18, 42 | hsl(3 18% 42%) |
| HSV | 3, 31, 50 | hsv(3 31% 50%) |
| HSI | 3, 13, 102 | |
| HWB | 3, 35, 50 | hwb(3 35% 50%) |
| LCH | 42.22, 17.21, 25.94 | |
| XYZ | 14.59, 12.64, 8.26 | |
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All About Puce
Puce is a unique and complex shade of reddish-brown that is often described as a muted or subdued pink. The exact color of puce can vary, but it generally has a grayish or brownish undertone that gives it a slightly muted appearance.
Overall, puce is a unique and versatile color that can be used to create a variety of moods and aesthetics. Its complex and subtle hue makes it a popular choice for interior design, fashion, and branding. Whether used as a primary color or as an accent, puce adds a sense of warmth and sophistication to any design.
Puce in Fashion
In fashion, puce is a unique and unexpected color that can be used to create a variety of looks. It is often used for dresses, blouses, and accessories such as scarves and handbags. When paired with black or white, puce creates a classic and elegant look. When worn with other warm or muted colors, it creates a unique and sophisticated effect.
Puce in Interior Design
In interior design, puce is a popular color for creating a warm and cozy atmosphere. It is often used for accent walls, curtains, and other decorative elements in living rooms, bedrooms, and other cozy spaces. When paired with neutral colors such as beige or white, puce creates a calm and inviting effect. When paired with other warm colors such as orange or yellow, it creates a lively and vibrant ambiance.
Puce in Marketing
In branding, puce is a popular color for products and services that want to convey a sense of warmth and intimacy. It is often used for brands related to food, beauty, and personal care. Puce is also a popular color for branding related to vintage or retro aesthetics, as it has a slightly old-fashioned and nostalgic quality.
Closest Common Color
Puce is closest to the common color purple. Purple is a secondary color that is the mixture of red and blue. Purple has strong ties with royalty, nobility, wisdom and spirituality. We see purple tones in brand icons to symbolize prestige and importance. Believe it or not it is possible to have natural violet or purple eyes, however, it is extremely rare! Some common things you can find in purple are eggplants, grapes, lavender and amethysts.
Shades of Puce
A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Puce all the way to Black evenly distributed.
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Tints of Puce
A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Puce all the way to White evenly distributed.
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Tones of Puce
A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Below you will find the tones of colors from Puce all the way to Gray evenly distributed.
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Monochromatic Colors of Puce
A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Puce.
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Complementary Color of Puce
Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Puce.
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Split Complementary Colors of Puce
A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Puce.
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Triadic Colors of Puce
A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Puce.
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Tetradic Colors of Puce
A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Puce.
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Analogous Colors of Puce
An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Puce.
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Variations of Puce
A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Puce has RGB values of R:127, G:90, and B:88. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Puce, 5 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Puce.
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Web Safe Color of Puce
A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Puce.
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CSS Code for Puce
Text Color
This paragraph tag has text in the color #7F5A58
Text Shadow Color
This text has a shadow in the color #7F5A58
Border Color
This div tag has a border color of #7F5A58
Background Color
This div tag has a background color of #7F5A58
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Puce Accessibility
When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.
- Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
- Level AA: 4.5:1
- Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
- Level AAA: 7:1
In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Puce is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.
Puce Contrast on Black Background
The color Puce has passed 1 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 25% accessibility rating and therefore makes Puce a moderate choice against a Black background.
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Puce Contrast on White Background
The color Puce has passed 3 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 75% accessibility rating and therefore makes Puce a good choice against a White background.
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