#bc8e87

Color #bc8e87

A muted light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bc8e87

RGB

rgb(188, 142, 135)

HSL

hsl(7.9, 28.3%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.9, 28.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 28.2%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(63.17, 16.41, 10.5)

LCH

lch(63.17, 19.48, 32.61)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0573, 28.44)

HWB

hwb(7.9, 52.9%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#87b5bc

Analogous

#bc879a

#bc8e87

#bca887

Triadic

#bc8e87

#87bc8e

#8e87bc

Split-complementary

#bc8e87

#87bca8

#879abc

Tetradic

#bc8e87

#b5bc87

#87b5bc

#8e87bc

Square

#bc8e87

#9abc87

#87b5bc

#a887bc

Shades

Color #bc8e87 mixed toward black.

#a96d64

#8a554d

#68403a

#452b27

#231513

Tints

Color #bc8e87 mixed toward white.

#c7a19b

#d2b4af

#ddc6c3

#e9d9d7

#f4eceb

Tones

Color #bc8e87 mixed toward gray.

#b7918b

#b39490

#af9894

#aa9b99

#a69e9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaa89 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#adb089 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#ba8a8a · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc8e87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc8e87]

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Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Frequently asked questions

#bc8e87 (#bc8e87) is rgb(188, 142, 135) in RGB.

No, #bc8e87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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