#BC8E8A#BC8E8A

#BC8E8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.057 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8E8A
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(5, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 16.84, 8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 19.05, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0516 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.057 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0001, 31.8741, 28.3486)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8E8A #8AB8BC

analogous

#BC8A9F #BC8E8A #BCA78A

triadic

#BC8E8A #8ABC8E #8E8ABC

tetradic

#BC8E8A #9FBC8A #8AB8BC #A78ABC

square

#BC8E8A #9FBC8A #8AB8BC #A78ABC

split-complementary

#BC8E8A #8ABCA7 #8A9FBC

monochromatic

#814F4A #A66863 #BC8E8A #D2B4B1 #E9D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8E8A

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8E8A	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.057 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afac',
    500: '#bc8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8e8a;
$custom-light: #d1afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68948,
    "c": 0.05659,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8E8A

secondary

#C8D8DA

accent

#9EA640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8E8A

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

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