#BC8484#BC8484

#BC8484 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.069 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8484
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 21.55, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 23.22, 21.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0656 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.069 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1560, 28.8618, 25.6498)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8484 #84BCBC

analogous

#BC84A0 #BC8484 #BCA084

triadic

#BC8484 #84BC84 #8484BC

tetradic

#BC8484 #A0BC84 #84BCBC #A084BC

square

#BC8484 #A0BC84 #84BCBC #A084BC

split-complementary

#BC8484 #84BCA0 #84A0BC

monochromatic

#804646 #A65C5C #BC8484 #D2ACAC #E7D3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BC8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BC8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8484

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8484	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.069 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a7',
    500: '#bc8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8484;
$custom-light: #d1a8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66907,
    "c": 0.06938,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8484

secondary

#C4D8D8

accent

#A8A83D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8484

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

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