#BC8891#BC8891

#BC8891 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.065 H 7.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8891
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 145)
HSL	hsl(350, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(350, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 21.20, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 21.43, 8.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0641 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.065 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6545, 30.3458, 30.8145)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8891 #88BCB3

analogous

#BC88AB #BC8891 #BC9988

triadic

#BC8891 #91BC88 #8891BC

tetradic

#BC8891 #ABBC88 #88BCB3 #9988BC

square

#BC8891 #ABBC88 #88BCB3 #9988BC

split-complementary

#BC8891 #88BC99 #88ABBC

monochromatic

#814952 #A6616D #BC8891 #D2AFB5 #E8D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BC8891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8891

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8891	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.065 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abb1',
    500: '#bc8891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8891;
$custom-light: #d1abb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.615,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68012,
    "c": 0.06469,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8891

secondary

#C7D9D6

accent

#A7953F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F5

border

#D2CECF

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8891

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

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