#BC8A91#BC8A91

#BC8A91 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.062 H 9.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A91
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 145)
HSL	hsl(352, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(352, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 20.09, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 20.44, 10.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0609 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.062 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9388, 30.9144, 30.9093)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A91 #8ABCB5

analogous

#BC8AAA #BC8A91 #BC9C8A

triadic

#BC8A91 #91BC8A #8A91BC

tetradic

#BC8A91 #AABC8A #8ABCB5 #9C8ABC

square

#BC8A91 #AABC8A #8ABCB5 #9C8ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A91 #8ABC9C #8AAABC

monochromatic

#814A52 #A6636C #BC8A91 #D2B1B6 #E9D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#BC8A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A91

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A91	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#929291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.062 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb1',
    500: '#bc8a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a91;
$custom-light: #d1acb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68385,
    "c": 0.06172,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A91

secondary

#C8DAD7

accent

#A69740

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F5

border

#D2CECF

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A91

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

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