#BC8380#BC8380

#BC8380 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.071 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8380
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 128)
HSL	hsl(3, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 21.56, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 23.96, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0656 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.071 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7526, 28.4845, 24.1908)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8380 #80B9BC

analogous

#BC809B #BC8380 #BCA180

triadic

#BC8380 #80BC83 #8380BC

tetradic

#BC8380 #9BBC80 #80B9BC #A180BC

square

#BC8380 #9BBC80 #80B9BC #A180BC

split-complementary

#BC8380 #80BCA1 #809BBC

monochromatic

#7F4643 #A75C58 #BC8380 #D1AAA8 #E6D1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8380 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BC8380 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8380

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8380	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8380	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C967F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8380;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.071 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a7a4',
    500: '#bc8380',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8380;
$custom-light: #d1a7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8380",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66616,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8380

secondary

#C1D6D7

accent

#A4AA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8380

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

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