#BC8A88#BC8A88

#BC8A88 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A88
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(2, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 18.77, 8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 20.64, 24.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0573 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.062 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2721, 30.6477, 27.3982)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A88 #88BABC

analogous

#BC88A0 #BC8A88 #BCA488

triadic

#BC8A88 #88BC8A #8A88BC

tetradic

#BC8A88 #A0BC88 #88BABC #A488BC

square

#BC8A88 #A0BC88 #88BABC #A488BC

split-complementary

#BC8A88 #88BCA4 #88A0BC

monochromatic

#814B49 #A66461 #BC8A88 #D2B0AF #E8D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BC8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BC8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A88

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A88	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acaa',
    500: '#bc8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a88;
$custom-light: #d1acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 27.957,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68136,
    "c": 0.06156,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A88

secondary

#C7D8D9

accent

#A3A73F

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A88

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

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