#BC8A82#BC8A82

#BC8A82 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.063 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A82
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(8, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 17.94, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 21.46, 33.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0549 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.063 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8576, 30.4819, 25.2150)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A82 #82B4BC

analogous

#BC8297 #BC8A82 #BCA782

triadic

#BC8A82 #82BC8A #8A82BC

tetradic

#BC8A82 #97BC82 #82B4BC #A782BC

square

#BC8A82 #97BC82 #82B4BC #A782BC

split-complementary

#BC8A82 #82BCA7 #8297BC

monochromatic

#7F4C44 #A7655A #BC8A82 #D1AFAA #E7D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A82

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A82	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.063 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca6',
    500: '#bc8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a82;
$custom-light: #d1aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6798,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A82

secondary

#C2D5D7

accent

#9AA93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A82

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

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