#BC8A7E#BC8A7E

#BC8A7E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.064 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A7E
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(12, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 17.41, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 22.29, 38.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0533 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.064 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5943, 30.3766, 23.8284)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A7E #7EB0BC

analogous

#BC7E91 #BC8A7E #BCA97E

triadic

#BC8A7E #7EBC8A #8A7EBC

tetradic

#BC8A7E #91BC7E #7EB0BC #A97EBC

square

#BC8A7E #91BC7E #7EB0BC #A97EBC

split-complementary

#BC8A7E #7EBCA9 #7E91BC

monochromatic

#7E4D41 #A66656 #BC8A7E #D1AFA6 #E6D3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BC8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BC8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A7E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A7E	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.064 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca3',
    500: '#bc8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a7e;
$custom-light: #d1aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.06417,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A7E

secondary

#BFD2D6

accent

#95AA3B

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A7E

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

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