#BC8D85#BC8D85

#BC8D85 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.059 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D85
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(9, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 16.69, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 20.11, 33.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0512 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.059 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4983, 31.4364, 26.4365)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D85 #85B4BC

analogous

#BC8598 #BC8D85 #BCA885

triadic

#BC8D85 #85BC8D #8D85BC

tetradic

#BC8D85 #98BC85 #85B4BC #A885BC

square

#BC8D85 #98BC85 #85B4BC #A885BC

split-complementary

#BC8D85 #85BCA8 #8598BC

monochromatic

#804F46 #A6685D #BC8D85 #D2B2AD #E7D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC8D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BC8D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D85

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D85	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.059 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aea8',
    500: '#bc8d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d85;
$custom-light: #d1aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68627,
    "c": 0.05888,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D85

secondary

#C4D5D8

accent

#98A83E

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#14100F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D85

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

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