#BC897E#BC897E

#BC897E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.065 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC897E
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 126)
HSL	hsl(11, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(11, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, 17.96, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 22.52, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0549 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.065 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4515, 30.0910, 23.7808)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC897E #7EB1BC

analogous

#BC7E92 #BC897E #BCA87E

triadic

#BC897E #7EBC89 #897EBC

tetradic

#BC897E #92BC7E #7EB1BC #A87EBC

square

#BC897E #92BC7E #7EB1BC #A87EBC

split-complementary

#BC897E #7EBCA8 #7E92BC

monochromatic

#7E4C41 #A66556 #BC897E #D1AEA6 #E6D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC897E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BC897E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC897E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC897E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC897E	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc897e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.065 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aba3',
    500: '#bc897e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc897e;
$custom-light: #d1aba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc897e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.645,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6769,
    "c": 0.06508,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC897E

secondary

#BFD2D6

accent

#97AA3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC897E

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

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