#BC898E#BC898E

#BC898E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.063 H 12.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC898E
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(354, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(354, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 20.20, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 20.81, 13.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0613 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.063 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5677, 30.5375, 29.6595)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC898E #89BCB7

analogous

#BC89A7 #BC898E #BC9D89

triadic

#BC898E #8EBC89 #898EBC

tetradic

#BC898E #A7BC89 #89BCB7 #9D89BC

square

#BC898E #A7BC89 #89BCB7 #9D89BC

split-complementary

#BC898E #89BC9D #89A7BC

monochromatic

#81494F #A66269 #BC898E #D2B0B3 #E8D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC898E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC898E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.063 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abaf',
    500: '#bc898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc898e;
$custom-light: #d1abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.118,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68112,
    "c": 0.06278,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC898E

secondary

#C7D9D8

accent

#A69C3F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC898E

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

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