#BC949D#BC949D

#BC949D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.049 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC949D
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(347, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(347, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 16.42, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 16.45, 3.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0494 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.049 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4148, 34.3069, 36.5428)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC949D #94BCB3

analogous

#BC94B1 #BC949D #BC9F94

triadic

#BC949D #9DBC94 #949DBC

tetradic

#BC949D #B1BC94 #94BCB3 #9F94BC

square

#BC949D #B1BC94 #94BCB3 #9F94BC

split-complementary

#BC949D #94BC9F #94B1BC

monochromatic

#83525D #A46E7B #BC949D #D4BABF #EBDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC949D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC949D	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.049 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b3b9',
    500: '#bc949d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc949d;
$custom-light: #d0b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.5,
    "s": 22.989,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.04946,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC949D

secondary

#CFDDDA

accent

#A18C44

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC949D

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

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