#BC8A95#BC8A95

#BC8A95 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.063 H 4.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A95
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 149)
HSL	hsl(347, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(347, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 20.70, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 20.77, 4.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0624 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.063 4.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2527, 31.0399, 32.5624)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A95 #8ABCB1

analogous

#BC8AAE #BC8A95 #BC988A

triadic

#BC8A95 #95BC8A #8A95BC

tetradic

#BC8A95 #AEBC8A #8ABCB1 #988ABC

square

#BC8A95 #AEBC8A #8ABCB1 #988ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A95 #8ABC98 #8AAEBC

monochromatic

#814A56 #A66372 #BC8A95 #D2B1B8 #E9D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BC8A95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A95

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A95	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.063 4.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb4',
    500: '#bc8a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a95;
$custom-light: #d1acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68502,
    "c": 0.0626,
    "h": 4.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A95

secondary

#C8DAD6

accent

#A68F40

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A95

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

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