#BC9A9C#BC9A9C

#BC9A9C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.041 H 14.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A9C
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 156)
HSL	hsl(356, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(356, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 12.93, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 13.46, 16.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0394 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.041 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2954, 36.2042, 36.4169)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A9C #9ABCBA

analogous

#BC9AAD #BC9A9C #BCA99A

triadic

#BC9A9C #9CBC9A #9A9CBC

tetradic

#BC9A9C #ADBC9A #9ABCBA #A99ABC

square

#BC9A9C #ADBC9A #9ABCBA #A99ABC

split-complementary

#BC9A9C #9ABCA9 #9AADBC

monochromatic

#84585A #A47578 #BC9A9C #D4BFC0 #EDE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC9A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BC9A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A9C

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A9C	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.041 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b7b9',
    500: '#bc9a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a9c;
$custom-light: #d0b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 20.238,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.04063,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A9C

secondary

#D4DEDE

accent

#9F9947

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A9C

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

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