#BC8A86#BC8A86

#BC8A86 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A86
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(4, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 18.49, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 20.86, 27.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0565 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.062 24)
XYZ	xyz(34.1313, 30.5914, 26.6566)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A86 #86B8BC

analogous

#BC869D #BC8A86 #BCA586

triadic

#BC8A86 #86BC8A #8A86BC

tetradic

#BC8A86 #9DBC86 #86B8BC #A586BC

square

#BC8A86 #9DBC86 #86B8BC #A586BC

split-complementary

#BC8A86 #86BCA5 #869DBC

monochromatic

#804B47 #A6645F #BC8A86 #D2B0AD #E8D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A86

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A86	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aca9',
    500: '#bc8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a86;
$custom-light: #d1aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68083,
    "c": 0.06186,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.3059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A86

secondary

#C5D7D9

accent

#A0A73E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A86

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

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