#BC888C#BC888C

#BC888C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.064 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC888C
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 140)
HSL	hsl(355, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 20.46, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 21.25, 15.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0622 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.064 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2774, 30.1950, 28.8286)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC888C #88BCB8

analogous

#BC88A6 #BC888C #BC9E88

triadic

#BC888C #8CBC88 #888CBC

tetradic

#BC888C #A6BC88 #88BCB8 #9E88BC

square

#BC888C #A6BC88 #88BCB8 #9E88BC

split-complementary

#BC888C #88BC9E #88A6BC

monochromatic

#81494D #A66166 #BC888C #D2AFB2 #E8D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC888C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BC888C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC888C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC888C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC888C	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc888c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.064 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abad',
    500: '#bc888c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc888c;
$custom-light: #d1abad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc888c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67869,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC888C

secondary

#C7D9D8

accent

#A79F3F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC888C

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

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