#BC8176#BC8176

#BC8176 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.076 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8176
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 118)
HSL	hsl(9, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(9, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 21.39, 15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 26.23, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0649 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.076 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8605, 27.7020, 20.8050)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8176 #76B1BC

analogous

#BC768E #BC8176 #BCA476

triadic

#BC8176 #76BC81 #8176BC

tetradic

#BC8176 #8EBC76 #76B1BC #A476BC

square

#BC8176 #8EBC76 #76B1BC #A476BC

split-complementary

#BC8176 #76BCA4 #768EBC

monochromatic

#7B463C #A45E50 #BC8176 #D0A79F #E4CDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BC8176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8176

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8176	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)

#8E8875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.076 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a69d',
    500: '#bc8176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8176;
$custom-light: #d2a69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65998,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8176

secondary

#B9D0D4

accent

#B9CA5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8176

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

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