#B8949C#B8949C

#B8949C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.044 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8949C
RGB	rgb(184, 148, 156)
HSL	hsl(347, 20%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(347, 20%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 15.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 14.76, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 14.79, 3.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0444 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.044 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3577, 33.7717, 36.0494)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8949C #94B8B0

analogous

#B894AE #B8949C #B89E94

triadic

#B8949C #9CB894 #949CB8

tetradic

#B8949C #AEB894 #94B8B0 #9E94B8

square

#B8949C #AEB894 #94B8B0 #9E94B8

split-complementary

#B8949C #94B89E #94AEB8

monochromatic

#7E545D #A06F7A #B8949C #D0B9BE #E9DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B8949C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B8949C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8949C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8949C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8949C	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99999C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8949c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 148, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.044 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb3b9',
    500: '#b8949c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8949c;
$custom-light: #cdb3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8949c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 20.225,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70202,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8949C

secondary

#CEDAD7

accent

#9F8B47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8949C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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