#BC9997#BC9997

#BC9997 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.042 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9997
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(3, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(3, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 12.69, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 14.03, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.039 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.042 22)
XYZ	xyz(37.7163, 35.7096, 34.1781)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9997 #97BABC

analogous

#BC97A8 #BC9997 #BCAC97

triadic

#BC9997 #97BC99 #9997BC

tetradic

#BC9997 #A8BC97 #97BABC #AC97BC

square

#BC9997 #A8BC97 #97BABC #AC97BC

split-complementary

#BC9997 #97BCAC #97A8BC

monochromatic

#845755 #A47472 #BC9997 #D4BEBC #ECE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9997

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9997	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.042 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b5',
    500: '#bc9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9997;
$custom-light: #d0b7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.243,
    "s": 21.637,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.04208,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.35708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9997

secondary

#D1DDDD

accent

#9BA045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9997

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

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