#BC9E9E#BC9E9E

#BC9E9E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.036 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E9E
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(0, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 11.05, 4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 11.80, 20.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0339 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.036 18)
XYZ	xyz(39.1373, 37.6149, 37.5399)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E9E #9EBCBC

analogous

#BC9EAD #BC9E9E #BCAD9E

triadic

#BC9E9E #9EBC9E #9E9EBC

tetradic

#BC9E9E #ADBC9E #9EBCBC #AD9EBC

square

#BC9E9E #ADBC9E #9EBCBC #AD9EBC

split-complementary

#BC9E9E #9EBCAD #9EADBC

monochromatic

#845B5B #A37A7A #BC9E9E #D5C2C2 #EEE6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BC9E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E9E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E9E	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.036 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0baba',
    500: '#bc9e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e9e;
$custom-light: #d0baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.0356,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.37614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E9E

secondary

#D6E0E0

accent

#9D9D49

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E9E

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

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