#BC8A83#BC8A83

#BC8A83 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.063 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A83
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(7, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(7, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 18.08, 11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 21.29, 31.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0553 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.063 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9251, 30.5089, 25.5702)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A83 #83B5BC

analogous

#BC8399 #BC8A83 #BCA683

triadic

#BC8A83 #83BC8A #8A83BC

tetradic

#BC8A83 #99BC83 #83B5BC #A683BC

square

#BC8A83 #99BC83 #83B5BC #A683BC

split-complementary

#BC8A83 #83BCA6 #8399BC

monochromatic

#804C45 #A7655B #BC8A83 #D1AFAB #E7D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BC8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BC8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A83

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A83	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)

#949082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.063 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca7',
    500: '#bc8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a83;
$custom-light: #d1aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.368,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.06252,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A83

secondary

#C3D5D8

accent

#9BA93D

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A83

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

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