#BC9799#BC9799

#BC9799 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.044 H 14.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9799
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(357, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(357, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 14.11, 4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 14.72, 16.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.043 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.044 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5555, 35.1259, 34.9325)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9799 #97BCBA

analogous

#BC97AC #BC9799 #BCA897

triadic

#BC9799 #99BC97 #9799BC

tetradic

#BC9799 #ACBC97 #97BCBA #A897BC

square

#BC9799 #ACBC97 #97BCBA #A897BC

split-complementary

#BC9799 #97BCA8 #97ACBC

monochromatic

#845557 #A47274 #BC9799 #D4BCBE #ECE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9799

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9799	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.044 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5b7',
    500: '#bc9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9799;
$custom-light: #d0b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.04444,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9799

secondary

#D1DDDD

accent

#A09B45

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9799

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

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