#BC8580#BC8580

#BC8580 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.069 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8580
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 128)
HSL	hsl(5, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, 20.45, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 23.29, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0623 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.069 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0238, 29.0269, 24.2812)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8580 #80B7BC

analogous

#BC8099 #BC8580 #BCA380

triadic

#BC8580 #80BC85 #8580BC

tetradic

#BC8580 #99BC80 #80B7BC #A380BC

square

#BC8580 #99BC80 #80B7BC #A380BC

split-complementary

#BC8580 #80BCA3 #8099BC

monochromatic

#7F4843 #A75F58 #BC8580 #D1ABA8 #E6D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BC8580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#BC8580 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8580

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8580	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D977F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.069 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9a4',
    500: '#bc8580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8580;
$custom-light: #d1a9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66988,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8580

secondary

#C1D5D7

accent

#A0AA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8580

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

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