#BC989D#BC989D

#BC989D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.043 H 8.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC989D
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(352, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(352, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 14.20, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 14.41, 9.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.043 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.044 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0531, 35.5835, 36.7556)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC989D #98BCB7

analogous

#BC98AF #BC989D #BCA598

triadic

#BC989D #9DBC98 #989DBC

tetradic

#BC989D #AFBC98 #98BCB7 #A598BC

square

#BC989D #AFBC98 #98BCB7 #A598BC

split-complementary

#BC989D #98BCA5 #98AFBC

monochromatic

#84565C #A4737A #BC989D #D4BDC0 #ECE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC989D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC989D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3959A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.043 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b9',
    500: '#bc989d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc989d;
$custom-light: #d0b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.667,
    "s": 21.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.0435,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC989D

secondary

#D2DEDC

accent

#A09346

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC989D

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

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