#BC898D#BC898D

#BC898D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.063 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC898D
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(355, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(355, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 20.05, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 20.81, 15.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0609 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.063 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4930, 30.5076, 29.2658)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC898D #89BCB8

analogous

#BC89A6 #BC898D #BC9E89

triadic

#BC898D #8DBC89 #898DBC

tetradic

#BC898D #A6BC89 #89BCB8 #9E89BC

square

#BC898D #A6BC89 #89BCB8 #9E89BC

split-complementary

#BC898D #89BC9E #89A6BC

monochromatic

#81494E #A66267 #BC898D #D2B0B3 #E8D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC898D

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC898D	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.063 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abae',
    500: '#bc898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc898d;
$custom-light: #d1abae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68084,
    "c": 0.06271,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC898D

secondary

#C7D9D8

accent

#A69E3F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC898D

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

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