#BC969D#BC969D

#BC969D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.046 H 5.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC969D
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 157)
HSL	hsl(349, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(349, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 15.31, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 15.41, 6.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0462 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.046 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7312, 34.9397, 36.6483)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC969D #96BCB5

analogous

#BC96B0 #BC969D #BCA296

triadic

#BC969D #9DBC96 #969DBC

tetradic

#BC969D #B0BC96 #96BCB5 #A296BC

square

#BC969D #B0BC96 #96BCB5 #A296BC

split-complementary

#BC969D #96BCA2 #96B0BC

monochromatic

#84545D #A4717A #BC969D #D4BBC0 #ECE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC969D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC969D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC969D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC969D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC969D	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc969d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.046 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b9',
    500: '#bc969d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc969d;
$custom-light: #d0b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc969d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.947,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71016,
    "c": 0.04642,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC969D

secondary

#D1DDDB

accent

#A19045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC969D

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

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