#BC8A87#BC8A87

#BC8A87 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A87
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(3, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, 18.63, 9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 20.74, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0569 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.062 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2014, 30.6194, 27.0256)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A87 #87B9BC

analogous

#BC879E #BC8A87 #BCA487

triadic

#BC8A87 #87BC8A #8A87BC

tetradic

#BC8A87 #9EBC87 #87B9BC #A487BC

square

#BC8A87 #9EBC87 #87B9BC #A487BC

split-complementary

#BC8A87 #87BCA4 #879EBC

monochromatic

#814B48 #A66460 #BC8A87 #D2B0AE #E8D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BC8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A87

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A87	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)

#949187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acaa',
    500: '#bc8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a87;
$custom-light: #d1acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68109,
    "c": 0.06169,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A87

secondary

#C6D8D9

accent

#A1A73F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A87

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

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