#BC998E#BC998E

#BC998E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.045 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC998E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(14, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(14, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 11.33, 10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 15.58, 43.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0354 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.045 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0131, 35.4283, 30.4746)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC998E #8EB1BC

analogous

#BC8E9A #BC998E #BCB08E

triadic

#BC998E #8EBC99 #998EBC

tetradic

#BC998E #9ABC8E #8EB1BC #B08EBC

square

#BC998E #9ABC8E #8EB1BC #B08EBC

split-complementary

#BC998E #8EBCB0 #8E9ABC

monochromatic

#825A4D #A57668 #BC998E #D3BCB4 #EADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC998E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC998E	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.045 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7af',
    500: '#bc998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc998e;
$custom-light: #d1b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.348,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.045,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC998E

secondary

#CBD7DB

accent

#8CA441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC998E

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

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