#BC696D#BC696D

#BC696D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC696D
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 109)
HSL	hsl(357, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(357, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 33.48, 12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 35.72, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1011 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.106 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5525, 21.9013, 17.1887)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC696D #69BCB8

analogous

#BC6997 #BC696D #BC8E69

triadic

#BC696D #6DBC69 #696DBC

tetradic

#BC696D #97BC69 #69BCB8 #8E69BC

square

#BC696D #97BC69 #69BCB8 #8E69BC

split-complementary

#BC696D #69BC8E #6997BC

monochromatic

#763538 #A0484C #BC696D #CF9396 #E2BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC696D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC696D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC696D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC696D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC696D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7A776D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc696d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39596',
    500: '#bc696d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc696d;
$custom-light: #d39596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc696d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.108,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61562,
    "c": 0.10609,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC696D

secondary

#B0D1D0

accent

#CEC95A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC696D

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

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