#BC897D#BC897D

#BC897D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.065 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC897D
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 125)
HSL	hsl(11, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(11, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 17.83, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 22.74, 38.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0545 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.065 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3873, 30.0653, 23.4427)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC897D #7DB0BC

analogous

#BC7D91 #BC897D #BCA97D

triadic

#BC897D #7DBC89 #897DBC

tetradic

#BC897D #91BC7D #7DB0BC #A97DBC

square

#BC897D #91BC7D #7DB0BC #A97DBC

split-complementary

#BC897D #7DBCA9 #7D91BC

monochromatic

#7E4C41 #A66556 #BC897D #D1AEA5 #E6D2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC897D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC897D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC897D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC897D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC897D	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc897d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.065 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aba2',
    500: '#bc897d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc897d;
$custom-light: #d1aba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc897d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.06546,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC897D

secondary

#BFD2D6

accent

#95AB3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC897D

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

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