#BC696B#BC696B

#BC696B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC696B
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 107)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 33.26, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 35.92, 22.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1003 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.106 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4460, 21.8587, 16.6281)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC696B #69BCBA

analogous

#BC6995 #BC696B #BC9069

triadic

#BC696B #6BBC69 #696BBC

tetradic

#BC696B #95BC69 #69BCBA #9069BC

square

#BC696B #95BC69 #69BCBA #9069BC

split-complementary

#BC696B #69BC90 #6995BC

monochromatic

#763536 #A0484A #BC696B #CF9395 #E2BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC696B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#BC696B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC696B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC696B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC696B	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A776B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc696b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39595',
    500: '#bc696b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc696b;
$custom-light: #d39595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc696b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.554,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61513,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC696B

secondary

#B0D1D0

accent

#CECB5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC696B

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

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