#BC8A90#BC8A90

#BC8A90 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.062 H 10.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A90
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(353, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(353, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 19.94, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 20.40, 12.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0605 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.062 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8620, 30.8837, 30.5050)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A90 #8ABCB6

analogous

#BC8AA9 #BC8A90 #BC9D8A

triadic

#BC8A90 #90BC8A #8A90BC

tetradic

#BC8A90 #A9BC8A #8ABCB6 #9D8ABC

square

#BC8A90 #A9BC8A #8ABCB6 #9D8ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A90 #8ABC9D #8AA9BC

monochromatic

#814A51 #A6636B #BC8A90 #D2B1B5 #E9D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC8A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A90

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A90	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.062 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb0',
    500: '#bc8a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a90;
$custom-light: #d1acb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A90

secondary

#C8DAD8

accent

#A69A40

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A90

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

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