#BC9596#BC9596

#BC9596 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.047 H 16.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9596
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(358, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(358, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 14.75, 5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 15.59, 18.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.045 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.047 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9917, 34.3897, 33.5376)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9596 #95BCBB

analogous

#BC95A9 #BC9596 #BCA795

triadic

#BC9596 #96BC95 #9596BC

tetradic

#BC9596 #A9BC95 #95BCBB #A795BC

square

#BC9596 #A9BC95 #95BCBB #A795BC

split-complementary

#BC9596 #95BCA7 #95A9BC

monochromatic

#835354 #A47071 #BC9596 #D4BABB #EBE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9596

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9596	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.047 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b4',
    500: '#bc9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9596;
$custom-light: #d0b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.04699,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9596

secondary

#D0DDDC

accent

#A19F45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9596

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

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