#BC8F8A#BC8F8A

#BC8F8A is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.055 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8F8A
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(6, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(6, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 16.28, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 18.73, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0499 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.055 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1495, 32.1730, 28.3984)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8F8A #8AB7BC

analogous

#BC8A9E #BC8F8A #BCA88A

triadic

#BC8F8A #8ABC8F #8F8ABC

tetradic

#BC8F8A #9EBC8A #8AB7BC #A88ABC

square

#BC8F8A #9EBC8A #8AB7BC #A88ABC

split-complementary

#BC8F8A #8ABCA8 #8A9EBC

monochromatic

#81504A #A66A63 #BC8F8A #D2B4B1 #E9DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8F8A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8F8A	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.055 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b0ac',
    500: '#bc8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8f8a;
$custom-light: #d1b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6914,
    "c": 0.05549,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8F8A

secondary

#C8D8DA

accent

#9CA640

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#141010

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8F8A

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

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