#BC969E#BC969E

#BC969E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.047 H 4.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC969E
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(347, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(347, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 15.47, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 15.52, 4.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0466 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.047 4.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8169, 34.9740, 37.0997)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC969E #96BCB4

analogous

#BC96B1 #BC969E #BCA196

triadic

#BC969E #9EBC96 #969EBC

tetradic

#BC969E #B1BC96 #96BCB4 #A196BC

square

#BC969E #B1BC96 #96BCB4 #A196BC

split-complementary

#BC969E #96BCA1 #96B1BC

monochromatic

#84545E #A4717B #BC969E #D4BBC1 #ECE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC969E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC969E	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)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.047 4.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5ba',
    500: '#bc969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc969e;
$custom-light: #d0b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.04669,
    "h": 4.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC969E

secondary

#D1DDDA

accent

#A18D45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC969E

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

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