#BC8A84#BC8A84

#BC8A84 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.062 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A84
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 132)
HSL	hsl(6, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(6, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 18.21, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 21.13, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0557 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.062 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9932, 30.5361, 25.9289)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A84 #84B6BC

analogous

#BC849A #BC8A84 #BCA684

triadic

#BC8A84 #84BC8A #8A84BC

tetradic

#BC8A84 #9ABC84 #84B6BC #A684BC

square

#BC8A84 #9ABC84 #84B6BC #A684BC

split-complementary

#BC8A84 #84BCA6 #849ABC

monochromatic

#804C46 #A6645C #BC8A84 #D2B0AC #E7D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC8A84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A84

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A84	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.062 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca7',
    500: '#bc8a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a84;
$custom-light: #d1aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 29.474,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68031,
    "c": 0.06227,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A84

secondary

#C4D6D8

accent

#9DA83D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A84

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

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