#BC998F#BC998F

#BC998F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.045 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC998F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(13, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 11.48, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 15.33, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0358 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.045 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0886, 35.4585, 30.8718)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC998F #8FB2BC

analogous

#BC8F9C #BC998F #BCAF8F

triadic

#BC998F #8FBC99 #998FBC

tetradic

#BC998F #9CBC8F #8FB2BC #AF8FBC

square

#BC998F #9CBC8F #8FB2BC #AF8FBC

split-complementary

#BC998F #8FBCAF #8F9CBC

monochromatic

#835A4E #A57669 #BC998F #D3BCB5 #EADFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC998F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC998F	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)

#A19D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.045 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7af',
    500: '#bc998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc998f;
$custom-light: #d1b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 25.14,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC998F

secondary

#CCD8DB

accent

#8EA442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC998F

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

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