#BC8D83#BC8D83

#BC8D83 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.060 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D83
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(11, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(11, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 16.41, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 20.50, 36.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0504 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.06 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3614, 31.3816, 25.7157)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D83 #83B2BC

analogous

#BC8396 #BC8D83 #BCA983

triadic

#BC8D83 #83BC8D #8D83BC

tetradic

#BC8D83 #96BC83 #83B2BC #A983BC

square

#BC8D83 #96BC83 #83B2BC #A983BC

split-complementary

#BC8D83 #83BCA9 #8396BC

monochromatic

#804F45 #A7685B #BC8D83 #D1B2AB #E7D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC8D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC8D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D83

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D83	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.060 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aea7',
    500: '#bc8d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d83;
$custom-light: #d1aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68577,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D83

secondary

#C3D4D8

accent

#96A93D

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D83

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

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