#BC8480#BC8480

#BC8480 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.070 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8480
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(4, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 21.00, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 23.62, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.064 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.07 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8875, 28.7544, 24.2358)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8480 #80B8BC

analogous

#BC809A #BC8480 #BCA280

triadic

#BC8480 #80BC84 #8480BC

tetradic

#BC8480 #9ABC80 #80B8BC #A280BC

square

#BC8480 #9ABC80 #80B8BC #A280BC

split-complementary

#BC8480 #80BCA2 #809ABC

monochromatic

#7F4743 #A75D58 #BC8480 #D1ABA8 #E6D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8480

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8480	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C967F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.070 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a4',
    500: '#bc8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8480;
$custom-light: #d1a8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66802,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8480

secondary

#C1D5D7

accent

#A2AA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8480

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

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