#BC8993#BC8993

#BC8993 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.064 H 5.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8993
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 147)
HSL	hsl(348, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(348, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 21.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 20.95, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 21.08, 6.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0633 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.064 5.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9516, 30.6910, 31.6810)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8993 #89BCB2

analogous

#BC89AC #BC8993 #BC9889

triadic

#BC8993 #93BC89 #8993BC

tetradic

#BC8993 #ACBC89 #89BCB2 #9889BC

square

#BC8993 #ACBC89 #89BCB2 #9889BC

split-complementary

#BC8993 #89BC98 #89ACBC

monochromatic

#814954 #A6626F #BC8993 #D2B0B7 #E8D7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC8993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8993

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8993	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.064 5.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abb2',
    500: '#bc8993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8993;
$custom-light: #d1abb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.235,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68256,
    "c": 0.06362,
    "h": 5.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8993

secondary

#C7D9D6

accent

#A6923F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F5

border

#D2CECF

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8993

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

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