#BC9C9E#BC9C9E

#BC9C9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.038 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C9E
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(356, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(356, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 12.15, 3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 12.62, 15.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.037 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.038 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7990, 36.9381, 37.4271)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C9E #9CBCBA

analogous

#BC9CAE #BC9C9E #BCAA9C

triadic

#BC9C9E #9EBC9C #9C9EBC

tetradic

#BC9C9E #AEBC9C #9CBCBA #AA9CBC

square

#BC9C9E #AEBC9C #9CBCBA #AA9CBC

split-complementary

#BC9C9E #9CBCAA #9CAEBC

monochromatic

#84595C #A3787A #BC9C9E #D5C0C2 #EDE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC9C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BC9C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C9E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C9E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.038 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9ba',
    500: '#bc9c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c9e;
$custom-light: #d0b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.03812,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C9E

secondary

#D5DFDE

accent

#9E9848

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C9E

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

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