#BC8A96#BC8A96

#BC8A96 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.063 H 3.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A96
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(346, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(346, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 20.86, 1.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 20.89, 3.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0628 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.063 3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3329, 31.0720, 32.9846)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A96 #8ABCB0

analogous

#BC8AAF #BC8A96 #BC978A

triadic

#BC8A96 #96BC8A #8A96BC

tetradic

#BC8A96 #AFBC8A #8ABCB0 #978ABC

square

#BC8A96 #AFBC8A #8ABCB0 #978ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A96 #8ABC97 #8AAFBC

monochromatic

#814A57 #A66373 #BC8A96 #D2B1B9 #E9D8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BC8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A96

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A96	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)

#919296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.063 3.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acb4',
    500: '#bc8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a96;
$custom-light: #d1acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68531,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A96

secondary

#C8DAD5

accent

#A68D40

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A96

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

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