Information about #BC9995 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BC9995 reads as a calm, restrained earthy red and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Tuscany (#C09999). Its next-closest registered neighbors are White Mouse (#B9A193) and Del Rio (#B5998E).
In RGB terms — rgb(188, 153, 149) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BC9995 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#BC9995 color variations
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#BC9995 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BC9995 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BC9995 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BC9995 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BC9995 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BC9995 color
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Nearest named colors to #BC9995
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C09999
#B9A193
#B5998E
#BC8F8F
#C3988B
#C3909B
#B3A190
#B39F8D
#B1948F
#BA9E88
#BDA793
#C5908E
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BC9995
- RGB188, 153, 149
- CMYK0, 14, 15, 26
- CSSrgb(188, 153, 149)
- HSL6°, 23%, 66%
- HSL Precise6.154°, 22.543%, 66.078%
- HSV6°, 21%, 74%
- HSB6°, 21%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.584
- GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.600, 0.584)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.600, 0.584, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.600, 0.584)
- Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB58.4%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBC9995
- DECIMAL ID12360085
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
