#BC8A85#BC8A85

#BC8A85 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A85
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(5, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 18.35, 10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 20.99, 29.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0561 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.062 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0619, 30.5636, 26.2910)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A85 #85B7BC

analogous

#BC859B #BC8A85 #BCA685

triadic

#BC8A85 #85BC8A #8A85BC

tetradic

#BC8A85 #9BBC85 #85B7BC #A685BC

square

#BC8A85 #9BBC85 #85B7BC #A685BC

split-complementary

#BC8A85 #85BCA6 #859BBC

monochromatic

#804C46 #A6645D #BC8A85 #D2B0AD #E7D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BC8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A85

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A85	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)

#949084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca8',
    500: '#bc8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a85;
$custom-light: #d1aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A85

secondary

#C4D6D8

accent

#9EA83E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A85

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

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