#BC989B#BC989B

#BC989B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.043 H 12.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC989B
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(355, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(355, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 13.88, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 14.32, 14.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0422 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.043 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8837, 35.5157, 35.8637)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC989B #98BCB9

analogous

#BC98AD #BC989B #BCA798

triadic

#BC989B #9BBC98 #989BBC

tetradic

#BC989B #ADBC98 #98BCB9 #A798BC

square

#BC989B #ADBC98 #98BCB9 #A798BC

split-complementary

#BC989B #98BCA7 #98ADBC

monochromatic

#84565A #A47377 #BC989B #D4BDBF #ECE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BC989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC989B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC989B	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.043 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b8',
    500: '#bc989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc989b;
$custom-light: #d0b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.04323,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC989B

secondary

#D2DEDD

accent

#A09846

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC989B

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

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