#BC8487#BC8487

#BC8487 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.069 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8487
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 135)
HSL	hsl(357, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 21.96, 7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 23.06, 17.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0668 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.069 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3642, 28.9451, 26.7466)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8487 #84BCB9

analogous

#BC84A3 #BC8487 #BC9D84

triadic

#BC8487 #87BC84 #8487BC

tetradic

#BC8487 #A3BC84 #84BCB9 #9D84BC

square

#BC8487 #A3BC84 #84BCB9 #9D84BC

split-complementary

#BC8487 #84BC9D #84A3BC

monochromatic

#804649 #A65C60 #BC8487 #D2ACAE #E7D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8487

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8487	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.069 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8a9',
    500: '#bc8487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8487;
$custom-light: #d1a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.786,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66988,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8487

secondary

#C4D8D7

accent

#A8A23D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8487

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

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