#BC8282#BC8282

#BC8282 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.072 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8282
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 130)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 22.38, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 24.14, 22.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0681 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.072 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7518, 28.2704, 24.8464)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8282 #82BCBC

analogous

#BC829F #BC8282 #BC9F82

triadic

#BC8282 #82BC82 #8282BC

tetradic

#BC8282 #9FBC82 #82BCBC #9F82BC

square

#BC8282 #9FBC82 #82BCBC #9F82BC

split-complementary

#BC8282 #82BC9F #829FBC

monochromatic

#7F4444 #A75A5A #BC8282 #D1AAAA #E7D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC8282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BC8282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8282

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8282	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)

#8D8A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.072 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6a6',
    500: '#bc8282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8282;
$custom-light: #d1a6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66484,
    "c": 0.07208,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8282

secondary

#C2D7D7

accent

#A9A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8282

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

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