#BC8482#BC8482

#BC8482 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.070 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8482
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 130)
HSL	hsl(2, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 21.27, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 23.39, 24.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0648 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.07 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0205, 28.8076, 24.9360)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8482 #82BABC

analogous

#BC829D #BC8482 #BCA182

triadic

#BC8482 #82BC84 #8482BC

tetradic

#BC8482 #9DBC82 #82BABC #A182BC

square

#BC8482 #9DBC82 #82BABC #A182BC

split-complementary

#BC8482 #82BCA1 #829DBC

monochromatic

#7F4644 #A75D5A #BC8482 #D1ABAA #E7D2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8482

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8482	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)

#8F8C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.070 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a6',
    500: '#bc8482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8482;
$custom-light: #d1a8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66854,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8482

secondary

#C2D7D7

accent

#A5A93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8482

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

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