#BC8A89#BC8A89

#BC8A89 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.061 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A89
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(1, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 18.91, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 20.55, 23.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0577 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.061 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3435, 30.6763, 27.7742)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A89 #89BBBC

analogous

#BC89A1 #BC8A89 #BCA389

triadic

#BC8A89 #89BC8A #8A89BC

tetradic

#BC8A89 #A1BC89 #89BBBC #A389BC

square

#BC8A89 #A1BC89 #89BBBC #A389BC

split-complementary

#BC8A89 #89BCA3 #89A1BC

monochromatic

#814A49 #A66362 #BC8A89 #D2B1B0 #E8D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BC8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A89

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A89	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.061 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acab',
    500: '#bc8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a89;
$custom-light: #d1acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.176,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68162,
    "c": 0.06145,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A89

secondary

#C7D9D9

accent

#A4A63F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A89

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

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