#BC8985#BC8985

#BC8985 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.063 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8985
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(4, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 18.91, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 21.31, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0578 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.063 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9191, 30.2780, 26.2434)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8985 #85B8BC

analogous

#BC859C #BC8985 #BCA485

triadic

#BC8985 #85BC89 #8985BC

tetradic

#BC8985 #9CBC85 #85B8BC #A485BC

square

#BC8985 #9CBC85 #85B8BC #A485BC

split-complementary

#BC8985 #85BCA4 #859CBC

monochromatic

#804B46 #A6635D #BC8985 #D2AFAD #E7D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BC8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BC8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8985

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8985	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.063 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aba8',
    500: '#bc8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8985;
$custom-light: #d1aba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.364,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67868,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8985

secondary

#C4D7D8

accent

#A0A83E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8985

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

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