#BC969F#BC969F

#BC969F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.047 H 2.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC969F
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 159)
HSL	hsl(346, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(346, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 15.64, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 15.65, 2.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0469 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.047 2.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9033, 35.0086, 37.5549)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC969F #96BCB3

analogous

#BC96B2 #BC969F #BCA096

triadic

#BC969F #9FBC96 #969FBC

tetradic

#BC969F #B2BC96 #96BCB3 #A096BC

square

#BC969F #B2BC96 #96BCB3 #A096BC

split-complementary

#BC969F #96BCA0 #96B2BC

monochromatic

#84545F #A4717D #BC969F #D4BBC1 #ECE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC969F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC969F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC969F

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC969F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC969F	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc969f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.047 2.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5bb',
    500: '#bc969f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc969f;
$custom-light: #d0b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc969f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.789,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71076,
    "c": 0.04699,
    "h": 2.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC969F

secondary

#D1DDDA

accent

#A18B45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC969F

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

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