#BC8A80#BC8A80

#BC8A80 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.063 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A80
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(10, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 17.67, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 21.85, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0541 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.063 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7247, 30.4287, 24.5149)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A80 #80B2BC

analogous

#BC8094 #BC8A80 #BCA880

triadic

#BC8A80 #80BC8A #8A80BC

tetradic

#BC8A80 #94BC80 #80B2BC #A880BC

square

#BC8A80 #94BC80 #80B2BC #A880BC

split-complementary

#BC8A80 #80BCA8 #8094BC

monochromatic

#7F4D43 #A76558 #BC8A80 #D1AFA8 #E6D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BC8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A80

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A80	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.063 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca4',
    500: '#bc8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a80;
$custom-light: #d1aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6793,
    "c": 0.06343,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A80

secondary

#C1D3D7

accent

#97AA3C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A80

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

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