#BC7989#BC7989

#BC7989 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.086 H 4.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7989
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 137)
HSL	hsl(346, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(346, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 28.33, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 28.42, 4.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0857 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.086 4.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0926, 26.1744, 27.0239)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7989 #79BCAC

analogous

#BC79AA #BC7989 #BC8A79

triadic

#BC7989 #89BC79 #7989BC

tetradic

#BC7989 #AABC79 #79BCAC #8A79BC

square

#BC7989 #AABC79 #79BCAC #8A79BC

split-complementary

#BC7989 #79BC8A #79AABC

monochromatic

#7C3E4D #A55366 #BC7989 #D0A2AD #E5CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#BC7989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#BC7989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7989

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7989	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.086 4.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0ab',
    500: '#bc7989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7989;
$custom-light: #d2a0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.672,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 4.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7989

secondary

#BCD5CF

accent

#AC9139

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F4

border

#D3CCCE

text

#140F10

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7989

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

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