#BC9599#BC9599

#BC9599 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.047 H 11.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9599
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(354, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(354, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 15.22, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 15.61, 12.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0462 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.047 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2364, 34.4876, 34.8261)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9599 #95BCB8

analogous

#BC95AC #BC9599 #BCA495

triadic

#BC9599 #99BC95 #9599BC

tetradic

#BC9599 #ACBC95 #95BCB8 #A495BC

square

#BC9599 #ACBC95 #95BCB8 #A495BC

split-complementary

#BC9599 #95BCA4 #95ACBC

monochromatic

#835358 #A47075 #BC9599 #D4BABD #EBE0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9599

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9599	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.047 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b4b7',
    500: '#bc9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9599;
$custom-light: #d0b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70707,
    "c": 0.04714,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9599

secondary

#D0DDDB

accent

#A19745

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9599

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

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