#BC696E#BC696E

#BC696E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC696E
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 110)
HSL	hsl(356, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 33.59, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 35.64, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1015 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.106 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6066, 21.9229, 17.4738)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC696E #69BCB7

analogous

#BC6997 #BC696E #BC8E69

triadic

#BC696E #6EBC69 #696EBC

tetradic

#BC696E #97BC69 #69BCB7 #8E69BC

square

#BC696E #97BC69 #69BCB7 #8E69BC

split-complementary

#BC696E #69BC8E #6997BC

monochromatic

#763539 #A0484D #BC696E #CF9397 #E2BEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC696E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#BC696E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC696E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC696E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC696E	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)

#7A776E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc696e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39597',
    500: '#bc696e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc696e;
$custom-light: #d39597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc696e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.386,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61587,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC696E

secondary

#B0D1CF

accent

#CEC75A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC696E

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

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