#BC8980#BC8980

#BC8980 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.064 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8980
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 128)
HSL	hsl(9, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 18.23, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 22.11, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0557 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.064 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5819, 30.1431, 24.4673)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8980 #80B3BC

analogous

#BC8095 #BC8980 #BCA780

triadic

#BC8980 #80BC89 #8980BC

tetradic

#BC8980 #95BC80 #80B3BC #A780BC

square

#BC8980 #95BC80 #80B3BC #A780BC

split-complementary

#BC8980 #80BCA7 #8095BC

monochromatic

#7F4C43 #A76458 #BC8980 #D1AEA8 #E6D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC8980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BC8980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8980

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8980	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.064 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aba4',
    500: '#bc8980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8980;
$custom-light: #d1aba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6774,
    "c": 0.06441,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8980

secondary

#C1D4D7

accent

#99AA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8980

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

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