#BC8080#BC8080

#BC8080 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.075 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8080
RGB	rgb(188, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 23.22, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 25.07, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.0706 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.075 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3555, 27.6903, 24.0585)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8080 #80BCBC

analogous

#BC809E #BC8080 #BC9E80

triadic

#BC8080 #80BC80 #8080BC

tetradic

#BC8080 #9EBC80 #80BCBC #9E80BC

square

#BC8080 #9EBC80 #80BCBC #9E80BC

split-complementary

#BC8080 #80BC9E #809EBC

monochromatic

#7F4343 #A75858 #BC8080 #D1A8A8 #E6D0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8080

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8080	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.075 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a5a4',
    500: '#bc8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8080;
$custom-light: #d2a5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66065,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8080

secondary

#C1D7D7

accent

#AAAA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8080

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

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