#BC8B8A#BC8B8A

#BC8B8A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.060 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8B8A
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(1, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 18.50, 7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 20.10, 23.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0565 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.06 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5597, 30.9934, 28.2018)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8B8A #8ABBBC

analogous

#BC8AA2 #BC8B8A #BCA48A

triadic

#BC8B8A #8ABC8B #8B8ABC

tetradic

#BC8B8A #A2BC8A #8ABBBC #A48ABC

square

#BC8B8A #A2BC8A #8ABBBC #A48ABC

split-complementary

#BC8B8A #8ABCA4 #8AA2BC

monochromatic

#814B4A #A66463 #BC8B8A #D2B2B1 #E9D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BC8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BC8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8B8A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8B8A	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.060 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adac',
    500: '#bc8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8b8a;
$custom-light: #d1adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68378,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8B8A

secondary

#C8D9DA

accent

#A4A640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8B8A

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

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