#BC8488#BC8488

#BC8488 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.069 H 14.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8488
RGB	rgb(188, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(356, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(356, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 22.11, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 23.04, 16.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0672 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.069 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4350, 28.9734, 27.1191)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8488 #84BCB8

analogous

#BC84A4 #BC8488 #BC9C84

triadic

#BC8488 #88BC84 #8488BC

tetradic

#BC8488 #A4BC84 #84BCB8 #9C84BC

square

#BC8488 #A4BC84 #84BCB8 #9C84BC

split-complementary

#BC8488 #84BC9C #84A4BC

monochromatic

#80464A #A65C62 #BC8488 #D2ACAE #E7D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BC8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8488

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8488	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)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.069 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8aa',
    500: '#bc8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8488;
$custom-light: #d1a8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67015,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8488

secondary

#C4D8D7

accent

#A8A13D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F10

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8488

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

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