#BC8A8B#BC8A8B

#BC8A8B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.061 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A8B
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(359, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(359, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 19.20, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 20.43, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0585 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.061 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4883, 30.7342, 28.5368)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A8B #8ABCBB

analogous

#BC8AA4 #BC8A8B #BCA28A

triadic

#BC8A8B #8BBC8A #8A8BBC

tetradic

#BC8A8B #A4BC8A #8ABCBB #A28ABC

square

#BC8A8B #A4BC8A #8ABCBB #A28ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A8B #8ABCA2 #8AA4BC

monochromatic

#814A4B #A66364 #BC8A8B #D2B1B2 #E9D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A8B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A8B	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.061 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acac',
    500: '#bc8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a8b;
$custom-light: #d1acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.06133,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A8B

secondary

#C8DAD9

accent

#A6A440

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A8B

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

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