#BC9896#BC9896

#BC9896 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.043 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9896
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(3, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(3, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 13.09, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 14.46, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0402 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.043 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4725, 35.3512, 33.6978)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9896 #96BABC

analogous

#BC96A7 #BC9896 #BCAB96

triadic

#BC9896 #96BC98 #9896BC

tetradic

#BC9896 #A7BC96 #96BABC #AB96BC

square

#BC9896 #A7BC96 #96BABC #AB96BC

split-complementary

#BC9896 #96BCAB #96A7BC

monochromatic

#845654 #A47371 #BC9896 #D4BDBB #ECE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9896

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9896	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.043 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b4',
    500: '#bc9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9896;
$custom-light: #d0b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9896

secondary

#D1DCDD

accent

#9CA145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9896

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

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