#BC8A94#BC8A94

#BC8A94 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.062 H 5.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A94
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 148)
HSL	hsl(348, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(348, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 20.55, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 20.67, 6.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.062 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.062 5.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1732, 31.0082, 32.1437)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A94 #8ABCB2

analogous

#BC8AAD #BC8A94 #BC998A

triadic

#BC8A94 #94BC8A #8A94BC

tetradic

#BC8A94 #ADBC8A #8ABCB2 #998ABC

square

#BC8A94 #ADBC8A #8ABCB2 #998ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A94 #8ABC99 #8AADBC

monochromatic

#814A55 #A66370 #BC8A94 #D2B1B8 #E9D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8A94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A94

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A94	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5878D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.062 5.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb3',
    500: '#bc8a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a94;
$custom-light: #d1acb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68472,
    "c": 0.06234,
    "h": 5.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A94

secondary

#C8DAD6

accent

#A69140

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A94

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

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