#BC8185#BC8185

#BC8185 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.073 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8185
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 133)
HSL	hsl(356, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 23.35, 7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 24.40, 16.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0709 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.073 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8238, 28.0874, 25.8783)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8185 #81BCB8

analogous

#BC81A3 #BC8185 #BC9B81

triadic

#BC8185 #85BC81 #8185BC

tetradic

#BC8185 #A3BC81 #81BCB8 #9B81BC

square

#BC8185 #A3BC81 #81BCB8 #9B81BC

split-complementary

#BC8185 #81BC9B #81A3BC

monochromatic

#7F4448 #A7595E #BC8185 #D1A9AC #E6D1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BC8185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BC8185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8185

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8185	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.073 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6a8',
    500: '#bc8185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8185;
$custom-light: #d1a6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66382,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8185

secondary

#C2D7D6

accent

#A9A23C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8185

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

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