#BC8A8D#BC8A8D

#BC8A8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.061 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A8D
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(356, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(356, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 19.49, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 20.37, 16.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0593 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.061 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6358, 30.7932, 29.3134)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A8D #8ABCB9

analogous

#BC8AA6 #BC8A8D #BCA08A

triadic

#BC8A8D #8DBC8A #8A8DBC

tetradic

#BC8A8D #A6BC8A #8ABCB9 #A08ABC

square

#BC8A8D #A6BC8A #8ABCB9 #A08ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A8D #8ABCA0 #8AA6BC

monochromatic

#814A4D #A66367 #BC8A8D #D2B1B3 #E9D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A8D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A8D	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.061 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acae',
    500: '#bc8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a8d;
$custom-light: #d1acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68272,
    "c": 0.06134,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A8D

secondary

#C8DAD9

accent

#A6A040

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A8D

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

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