#BC9992#BC9992

#BC9992 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.043 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9992
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 146)
HSL	hsl(10, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(10, 22%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 22.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 11.93, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 14.70, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.037 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.043 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3189, 35.5506, 32.0847)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9992 #92B5BC

analogous

#BC92A0 #BC9992 #BCAE92

triadic

#BC9992 #92BC99 #9992BC

tetradic

#BC9992 #A0BC92 #92B5BC #AE92BC

square

#BC9992 #A0BC92 #92B5BC #AE92BC

split-complementary

#BC9992 #92BCAE #92A0BC

monochromatic

#835951 #A5766C #BC9992 #D3BCB8 #EBE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC9992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9992

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9992	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.043 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b2',
    500: '#bc9992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9992;
$custom-light: #d0b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 23.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.0433,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9992

secondary

#CEDADC

accent

#92A243

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9992

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

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