#BC9995#BC9995

#BC9995 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.042 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9995
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(6, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(6, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 12.38, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 14.23, 29.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0382 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.042 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5553, 35.6451, 33.3299)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9995 #95B8BC

analogous

#BC95A4 #BC9995 #BCAC95

triadic

#BC9995 #95BC99 #9995BC

tetradic

#BC9995 #A4BC95 #95B8BC #AC95BC

square

#BC9995 #A4BC95 #95B8BC #AC95BC

split-complementary

#BC9995 #95BCAC #95A4BC

monochromatic

#835853 #A47570 #BC9995 #D4BDBA #EBE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9995

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9995	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.042 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b4',
    500: '#bc9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9995;
$custom-light: #d0b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.154,
    "s": 22.543,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71373,
    "c": 0.04244,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9995

secondary

#D0DBDD

accent

#97A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9995

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

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