#BC8A8F#BC8A8F

#BC8A8F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.061 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8A8F
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(354, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(354, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 19.79, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 20.38, 13.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0601 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.061 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7860, 30.8533, 30.1043)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8A8F #8ABCB7

analogous

#BC8AA8 #BC8A8F #BC9E8A

triadic

#BC8A8F #8FBC8A #8A8FBC

tetradic

#BC8A8F #A8BC8A #8ABCB7 #9E8ABC

square

#BC8A8F #A8BC8A #8ABCB7 #9E8ABC

split-complementary

#BC8A8F #8ABC9E #8AA8BC

monochromatic

#814A50 #A6636A #BC8A8F #D2B1B4 #E9D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC8A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BC8A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8A8F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8A8F	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.061 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acaf',
    500: '#bc8a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8a8f;
$custom-light: #d1acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68328,
    "c": 0.06147,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8A8F

secondary

#C8DAD8

accent

#A69C40

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8A8F

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

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