#BC9999#BC9999

#BC9999 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.042 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9999
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 13.01, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 13.91, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0398 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.042 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8801, 35.7751, 35.0407)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9999 #99BCBC

analogous

#BC99AB #BC9999 #BCAB99

triadic

#BC9999 #99BC99 #9999BC

tetradic

#BC9999 #ABBC99 #99BCBC #AB99BC

square

#BC9999 #ABBC99 #99BCBC #AB99BC

split-complementary

#BC9999 #99BCAB #99ABBC

monochromatic

#845757 #A47474 #BC9999 #D4BEBE #EDE3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9999

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9999	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.042 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b7',
    500: '#bc9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9999;
$custom-light: #d0b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71484,
    "c": 0.0419,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9999

secondary

#D3DEDE

accent

#9F9F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9999

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

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