#BC8489#BC8489

#BC8489 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.069 H 13.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8489
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 137)
HSL	hsl(355, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(355, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 22.25, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 23.03, 15.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0676 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.069 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5064, 29.0020, 27.4952)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8489 #84BCB7

analogous

#BC84A5 #BC8489 #BC9B84

triadic

#BC8489 #89BC84 #8489BC

tetradic

#BC8489 #A5BC84 #84BCB7 #9B84BC

square

#BC8489 #A5BC84 #84BCB7 #9B84BC

split-complementary

#BC8489 #84BC9B #84A5BC

monochromatic

#80464B #A65C63 #BC8489 #D2ACAF #E7D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BC8489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8489

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8489	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.069 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8ab',
    500: '#bc8489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8489;
$custom-light: #d1a8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67043,
    "c": 0.0694,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8489

secondary

#C4D8D6

accent

#A89F3D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8489

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

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