#BC8490#BC8490

#BC8490 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.071 H 5.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8490
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(347, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(347, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 23.27, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 23.38, 5.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0703 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.071 5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0249, 29.2094, 30.2259)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8490 #84BCB0

analogous

#BC84AC #BC8490 #BC9484

triadic

#BC8490 #90BC84 #8490BC

tetradic

#BC8490 #ACBC84 #84BCB0 #9484BC

square

#BC8490 #ACBC84 #84BCB0 #9484BC

split-complementary

#BC8490 #84BC94 #84ACBC

monochromatic

#804652 #A65C6C #BC8490 #D2ACB4 #E7D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BC8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BC8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8490

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8490	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99978F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.071 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8b0',
    500: '#bc8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8490;
$custom-light: #d1a8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67244,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8490

secondary

#C4D8D4

accent

#A8913D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8490

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

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