HEX atlas value

#BC8F8F

#BC8F8F is a warm red HEX color nearest Rosy Brown. RGB 188, 143, 143, HSL 0° 25% 65%, luminance 0.3232; view contrast and conversions.

red warm muted

#BC8F8F Sample readable text

HEX #BC8F8F

RGB rgb(188, 143, 143)

HSL hsl(0 25% 65%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 24, 24, 26)

Luminance 0.3232

Contrast Black 7.46:1White 2.81:1

CSS

--color-bc8f8f: #BC8F8F;
.background-bc8f8f { background-color: #BC8F8F; }
.text-bc8f8f { color: #BC8F8F; }

HEX meaning and use

About #BC8F8F

#BC8F8F is classified as a warm red value with muted visual character. #BC8F8F is visually closest to Rosy Brown, a named red color with HEX #BC8F8F.

The RGB channels are 188, 143, and 143, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 25% saturation and 65% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3232, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.46:1AA Pass

White text2.81:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #BC8F8F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.46:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.81:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#DEC9C9#DEC9C9 · #000000 text · best 13.3:1 #8FBCBC#8FBCBC · #000000 text · best 10.09:1 Mushroom#B7A99A · #000000 text · best 9.16:1 #BCA68F#BCA68F · #000000 text · best 8.99:1 Greige#B0A999 · #000000 text · best 8.98:1

Generated Palette

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

#8FBCBC#8FBCBC

#BC8FA6#BC8FA6

#BCA68F#BCA68F

#DEC9C9#DEC9C9

#965A5A#965A5A

Color Harmonies

#8FBCBC#8FBCBC

#BC8FA6#BC8FA6

#BCA68F#BCA68F

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

#8F8FBC#8F8FBC

Variants

#DEC9C9#DEC9C9

#965A5A#965A5A

#D07C7C#D07C7C

#A8A3A3#A8A3A3

#E8E3E3#E8E3E3

#FF7575#FF7575

Nearest Named Colors

Rosy Brown#BC8F8F

Dusty Rose#C08081

Driftwood#A69A8D

Mushroom#B7A99A

Greige#B0A999

Luminance0.3232

Black text7.46:1AA Pass

White text2.81:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#BC8F8F","rgb":[188,143,143],"hsl":[0,25,65],"cmyk":[0,24,24,26],"luminance":0.3232,"contrast":{"black":7.46,"white":2.81}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.46,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.81,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#DEC9C9","hex":"#DEC9C9","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.3,"contrastWhite":1.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8FBCBC","hex":"#8FBCBC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.09,"contrastWhite":2.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.16,"contrastWhite":2.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#BCA68F","hex":"#BCA68F","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.99,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.98,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","muted","muted red","Rosy Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/bc8f8f.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/rosy-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dusty-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8FBCBC","analogous":["#BC8FA6","#BCA68F"],"triadic":["#8FBC8F","#8F8FBC"],"tetradic":["#A6BC8F","#8FBCBC","#A68FBC"],"splitComplementary":["#8FBCA6","#8FA6BC"],"monochromatic":["#DEC9C9","#BC8F8F","#965A5A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#DEC9C9","dark":"#965A5A","saturated":"#D07C7C","desaturated":"#A8A3A3","pastel":"#E8E3E3","neon":"#FF7575"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"rosy-brown","name":"Rosy Brown","hex":"#BC8F8F","distance":0},{"slug":"dusty-rose","name":"Dusty Rose","hex":"#C08081","distance":20.904544960366874},{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":24.677925358506133},{"slug":"mushroom","name":"Mushroom","hex":"#B7A99A","distance":28.6705423736629},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":30.331501776206203}]

#BC8F8F

CSS

About #BC8F8F

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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