#BC8B81#BC8B81

#BC8B81 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.062 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B81
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 129)
HSL	hsl(10, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 17.25, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 21.40, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0528 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.062 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9350, 30.7435, 24.9113)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B81 #81B2BC

analogous

#BC8195 #BC8B81 #BCA881

triadic

#BC8B81 #81BC8B #8B81BC

tetradic

#BC8B81 #95BC81 #81B2BC #A881BC

square

#BC8B81 #95BC81 #81B2BC #A881BC

split-complementary

#BC8B81 #81BCA8 #8195BC

monochromatic

#7F4E44 #A76659 #BC8B81 #D1B0A9 #E6D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC8B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC8B81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B81

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B81	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)

#969180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.062 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ada5',
    500: '#bc8b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b81;
$custom-light: #d1ada5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68145,
    "c": 0.06213,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B81

secondary

#C2D4D7

accent

#97A93C

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F4

border

#D3CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B81

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

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