#BC8686#BC8686

#BC8686 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.067 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8686
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 20.71, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 22.30, 21.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0631 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.067 19)
XYZ	xyz(33.5680, 29.4647, 26.4688)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8686 #86BCBC

analogous

#BC86A1 #BC8686 #BCA186

triadic

#BC8686 #86BC86 #8686BC

tetradic

#BC8686 #A1BC86 #86BCBC #A186BC

square

#BC8686 #A1BC86 #86BCBC #A186BC

split-complementary

#BC8686 #86BCA1 #86A1BC

monochromatic

#804747 #A65F5F #BC8686 #D2ADAD #E8D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BC8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BC8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8686

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8686	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.067 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9a9',
    500: '#bc8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8686;
$custom-light: #d1a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67332,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8686

secondary

#C5D9D9

accent

#A7A73E

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8686

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

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