#BC8F95#BC8F95

#BC8F95 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.055 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F95
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 149)
HSL	hsl(352, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(352, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 17.92, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 18.25, 10.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0543 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.055 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9866, 32.5078, 32.8070)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F95 #8FBCB6

analogous

#BC8FAC #BC8F95 #BCA08F

triadic

#BC8F95 #95BC8F #8F95BC

tetradic

#BC8F95 #ACBC8F #8FBCB6 #A08FBC

square

#BC8F95 #ACBC8F #8FBCB6 #A08FBC

split-complementary

#BC8F95 #8FBCA0 #8FACBC

monochromatic

#834E55 #A56971 #BC8F95 #D3B5B9 #EADCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC8F95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F95

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F95	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C58C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.055 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0b4',
    500: '#bc8f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f95;
$custom-light: #d1b0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 25.14,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.05509,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F95

secondary

#CCDBD9

accent

#A49742

background

#FCFAFB

surface

#F9F4F6

border

#D2CED0

text

#141011

muted

#827F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F95

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

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