#BC898F#BC898F

#BC898F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.063 H 11.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC898F
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 143)
HSL	hsl(353, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(353, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 20.35, 4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 20.84, 12.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0617 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.063 11)
XYZ	xyz(34.6431, 30.5676, 30.0567)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC898F #89BCB6

analogous

#BC89A8 #BC898F #BC9C89

triadic

#BC898F #8FBC89 #898FBC

tetradic

#BC898F #A8BC89 #89BCB6 #9C89BC

square

#BC898F #A8BC89 #89BCB6 #9C89BC

split-complementary

#BC898F #89BC9C #89A8BC

monochromatic

#814950 #A6626A #BC898F #D2B0B4 #E8D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC898F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC898F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC898F

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC898F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC898F	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)

#91918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc898f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.063 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abaf',
    500: '#bc898f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc898f;
$custom-light: #d1abaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc898f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.30566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC898F

secondary

#C7D9D7

accent

#A69A3F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC898F

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

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