#BC8288#BC8288

#BC8288 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.072 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8288
RGB	rgb(188, 130, 136)
HSL	hsl(354, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(354, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 23.21, 5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 23.93, 14.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0705 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.072 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1664, 28.4362, 27.0296)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8288 #82BCB6

analogous

#BC82A5 #BC8288 #BC9982

triadic

#BC8288 #88BC82 #8288BC

tetradic

#BC8288 #A5BC82 #82BCB6 #9982BC

square

#BC8288 #A5BC82 #82BCB6 #9982BC

split-complementary

#BC8288 #82BC99 #82A5BC

monochromatic

#7F444A #A75A62 #BC8288 #D1AAAE #E7D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC8288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8288

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8288	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 130, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.072 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6aa',
    500: '#bc8288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8288;
$custom-light: #d1a6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.07215,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8288

secondary

#C2D7D5

accent

#A99E3D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8288

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

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