#BC696C#BC696C

#BC696C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC696C
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 108)
HSL	hsl(358, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 33.37, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 35.82, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.1007 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.106 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4989, 21.8798, 16.9068)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC696C #69BCB9

analogous

#BC6996 #BC696C #BC8F69

triadic

#BC696C #6CBC69 #696CBC

tetradic

#BC696C #96BC69 #69BCB9 #8F69BC

square

#BC696C #96BC69 #69BCB9 #8F69BC

split-complementary

#BC696C #69BC8F #6996BC

monochromatic

#763537 #A0484B #BC696C #CF9395 #E2BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#BC696C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC696C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC696C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC696C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC696C	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A776C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc696c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39596',
    500: '#bc696c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc696c;
$custom-light: #d39596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc696c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.831,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61537,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC696C

secondary

#B0D1D0

accent

#CECA5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC696C

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

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