#BC8189#BC8189

#BC8189 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.074 H 10.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8189
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 137)
HSL	hsl(352, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(352, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 23.91, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 24.42, 11.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0725 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.074 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1054, 28.2000, 27.3615)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8189 #81BCB4

analogous

#BC81A7 #BC8189 #BC9681

triadic

#BC8189 #89BC81 #8189BC

tetradic

#BC8189 #A7BC81 #81BCB4 #9681BC

square

#BC8189 #A7BC81 #81BCB4 #9681BC

split-complementary

#BC8189 #81BC96 #81A7BC

monochromatic

#7F444C #A75964 #BC8189 #D1A9AE #E6D1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC8189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8189

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8189	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.074 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6ab',
    500: '#bc8189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8189;
$custom-light: #d1a6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66493,
    "c": 0.0737,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8189

secondary

#C2D7D4

accent

#A99A3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8189

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

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