#BC8D89#BC8D89

#BC8D89 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.058 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D89
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(5, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 17.25, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 19.50, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0528 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.058 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7799, 31.5490, 27.9197)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D89 #89B8BC

analogous

#BC899E #BC8D89 #BCA689

triadic

#BC8D89 #89BC8D #8D89BC

tetradic

#BC8D89 #9EBC89 #89B8BC #A689BC

square

#BC8D89 #9EBC89 #89B8BC #A689BC

split-complementary

#BC8D89 #89BCA6 #899EBC

monochromatic

#814E49 #A66762 #BC8D89 #D2B3B0 #E8D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC8D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BC8D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D89

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D89	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.058 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aeab',
    500: '#bc8d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d89;
$custom-light: #d1aeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68731,
    "c": 0.0579,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D89

secondary

#C7D8D9

accent

#9EA63F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D89

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

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