#BC8C8A#BC8C8A

#BC8C8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.059 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8C8A
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(2, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 17.95, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 19.74, 24.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0548 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.059 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7052, 31.2843, 28.2503)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8C8A #8ABABC

analogous

#BC8AA1 #BC8C8A #BCA58A

triadic

#BC8C8A #8ABC8C #8C8ABC

tetradic

#BC8C8A #A1BC8A #8ABABC #A58ABC

square

#BC8C8A #A1BC8A #8ABABC #A58ABC

split-complementary

#BC8C8A #8ABCA5 #8AA1BC

monochromatic

#814C4A #A66663 #BC8C8A #D2B2B1 #E9D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#BC8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8C8A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8C8A	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6878C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.059 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adac',
    500: '#bc8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8c8a;
$custom-light: #d1adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68568,
    "c": 0.05891,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8C8A

secondary

#C8D9DA

accent

#A2A640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8C8A

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

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