#BC6969#BC6969

#BC6969 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6969
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 33.04, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 36.16, 23.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.0995 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.106 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3420, 21.8171, 16.0803)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6969 #69BCBC

analogous

#BC6993 #BC6969 #BC9369

triadic

#BC6969 #69BC69 #6969BC

tetradic

#BC6969 #93BC69 #69BCBC #9369BC

square

#BC6969 #93BC69 #69BCBC #9369BC

split-complementary

#BC6969 #69BC93 #6993BC

monochromatic

#763535 #A04848 #BC6969 #CF9393 #E2BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC6969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC6969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6969

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6969	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39593',
    500: '#bc6969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6969;
$custom-light: #d39593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61464,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6969

secondary

#B0D1D1

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6969

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

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