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#BC949D

#bc949d ≈ Rosy Brown

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#bc949d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 58.04% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 21.28% magenta, 16.49% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 346.5°, with 22.99% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rosy Brown (#bc8f8f), ΔE 4.14.

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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #bc949d
  2. #94bcb3

Split complementary

  1. #bc949d
  2. #94bc9f
  3. #94b1bc

Analogous

  1. #bc94b1
  2. #bc949d
  3. #bc9f94

Triadic

  1. #bc949d
  2. #9dbc94
  3. #949dbc

Tetradic

  1. #bc949d
  2. #bcb394
  3. #94bcb3
  4. #949dbc

Square

  1. #bc949d
  2. #b1bc94
  3. #94bcb3
  4. #9f94bc

Monochromatic

  1. #714650
  2. #9f6572
  3. #bc949d
  4. #d9c3c8
  5. #f7f2f3

Shades

#bc949d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc949d
  2. #a9858d
  3. #96767e
  4. #84686e
  5. #71595e
  6. #5e4a4f
  7. #4b3b3f
  8. #382c2f
  9. #261e1f
  10. #130f10
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc949d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc949d
  2. #c39fa7
  3. #c9a9b1
  4. #d0b4ba
  5. #d7bfc4
  6. #decace
  7. #e4d4d8
  8. #ebdfe2
  9. #f2eaeb
  10. #f8f4f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc949d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc949d
  2. #b6929a
  3. #b09097
  4. #aa8e94
  5. #a48c91
  6. #9e8a8f
  7. #98888c
  8. #928689
  9. #8c8486
  10. #868283
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab9a9e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #999a9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a19c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c39297 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8989d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9c9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c09399 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc949d {
  color: #bc949d;
}
Background
.bg-bc949d {
  background-color: #bc949d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc949d {
  border: 2px solid #bc949d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc949d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 148 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 347 23% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc949d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc949d, #bc9f94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc949d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 148 157 / 0.35);
}

#bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 4.14 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.61 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.67 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.20 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.28 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.32 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 9.59 #436b62 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Rosy Brown
#bc949d  rgb(188, 148, 157)  hsl(347, 23%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#94bcb3  rgb(148, 188, 179)  hsl(167, 23%, 66%)  Opal
#9dbc94  rgb(157, 188, 148)  hsl(107, 23%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#949dbc  rgb(148, 157, 188)  hsl(227, 23%, 66%)  Cool Gray