#BC8D8A#BC8D8A

#BC8D8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.058 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8D8A
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(4, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 17.39, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 19.38, 26.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0532 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.058 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8520, 31.5779, 28.2992)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8D8A #8AB9BC

analogous

#BC8AA0 #BC8D8A #BCA68A

triadic

#BC8D8A #8ABC8D #8D8ABC

tetradic

#BC8D8A #A0BC8A #8AB9BC #A68ABC

square

#BC8D8A #A0BC8A #8AB9BC #A68ABC

split-complementary

#BC8D8A #8ABCA6 #8AA0BC

monochromatic

#814D4A #A66763 #BC8D8A #D2B3B1 #E9D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BC8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8D8A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8D8A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.058 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aeac',
    500: '#bc8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8d8a;
$custom-light: #d1aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68758,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8D8A

secondary

#C8D9DA

accent

#A0A640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8D8A

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

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