#BC9396#BC9396

#BC9396 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.050 H 13.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9396
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 150)
HSL	hsl(356, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(356, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 15.86, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 16.44, 15.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0482 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.05 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6780, 33.7623, 33.4330)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9396 #93BCB9

analogous

#BC93AA #BC9396 #BCA493

triadic

#BC9396 #96BC93 #9396BC

tetradic

#BC9396 #AABC93 #93BCB9 #A493BC

square

#BC9396 #AABC93 #93BCB9 #A493BC

split-complementary

#BC9396 #93BCA4 #93AABC

monochromatic

#835155 #A56D71 #BC9396 #D3B9BB #EBDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9396

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9396	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.050 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b2b4',
    500: '#bc9396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9396;
$custom-light: #d0b2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 23.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70236,
    "c": 0.04961,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9396

secondary

#CFDCDB

accent

#A29B44

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9396

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

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