#BC8481#BC8481

#BC8481 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.070 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8481
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(3, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 21.14, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 23.50, 25.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0644 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.07 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9537, 28.7809, 24.5842)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8481 #81B9BC

analogous

#BC819C #BC8481 #BCA281

triadic

#BC8481 #81BC84 #8481BC

tetradic

#BC8481 #9CBC81 #81B9BC #A281BC

square

#BC8481 #9CBC81 #81B9BC #A281BC

split-complementary

#BC8481 #81BCA2 #819CBC

monochromatic

#7F4744 #A75D59 #BC8481 #D1ABA9 #E6D2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8481

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8481	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.070 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a5',
    500: '#bc8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8481;
$custom-light: #d1a8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66828,
    "c": 0.0697,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8481

secondary

#C2D6D7

accent

#A4A93C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8481

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

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