#BC9891#BC9891

#BC9891 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.045 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9891
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 145)
HSL	hsl(10, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(10, 23%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 12.33, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 15.12, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0382 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.045 31)
XYZ	xyz(37.0784, 35.1936, 31.6225)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9891 #91B5BC

analogous

#BC919F #BC9891 #BCAD91

triadic

#BC9891 #91BC98 #9891BC

tetradic

#BC9891 #9FBC91 #91B5BC #AD91BC

square

#BC9891 #9FBC91 #91B5BC #AD91BC

split-complementary

#BC9891 #91BCAD #919FBC

monochromatic

#835850 #A5746B #BC9891 #D3BCB7 #EADFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9891

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9891	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.045 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b1',
    500: '#bc9891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9891;
$custom-light: #d0b6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 24.294,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.04454,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.35192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9891

secondary

#CDD9DC

accent

#93A343

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F5

border

#D2D0CF

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9891

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

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