#BC8B95#BC8B95

#BC8B95 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.061 H 5.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B95
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(348, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(348, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 20.15, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 20.25, 5.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0608 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.061 5.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3968, 31.3282, 32.6104)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B95 #8BBCB2

analogous

#BC8BAE #BC8B95 #BC9A8B

triadic

#BC8B95 #95BC8B #8B95BC

tetradic

#BC8B95 #AEBC8B #8BBCB2 #9A8BBC

square

#BC8B95 #AEBC8B #8BBCB2 #9A8BBC

split-complementary

#BC8B95 #8BBC9A #8BAEBC

monochromatic

#824B56 #A66472 #BC8B95 #D2B2B8 #E9D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC8B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BC8B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B95

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B95	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5888E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.061 5.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adb4',
    500: '#bc8b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b95;
$custom-light: #d1adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.755,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.06106,
    "h": 5.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B95

secondary

#C9DAD6

accent

#A59140

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B95

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

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