#BC8281#BC8281

#BC8281 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.072 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8281
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(1, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, 22.25, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 24.22, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0677 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.072 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6850, 28.2437, 24.4946)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8281 #81BBBC

analogous

#BC819E #BC8281 #BCA081

triadic

#BC8281 #81BC82 #8281BC

tetradic

#BC8281 #9EBC81 #81BBBC #A081BC

square

#BC8281 #9EBC81 #81BBBC #A081BC

split-complementary

#BC8281 #81BCA0 #819EBC

monochromatic

#7F4544 #A75A59 #BC8281 #D1AAA9 #E6D1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BC8281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8281

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8281	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.072 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6a5',
    500: '#bc8281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8281;
$custom-light: #d1a6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66458,
    "c": 0.07216,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8281

secondary

#C2D7D7

accent

#A7A93C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8281

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

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