CSS named color

Rosy Brown #BC8F8F

The CSS keyword rosybrown is #BC8F8F. It is a light muted red in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.693, chroma 0.055 and hue 18.6°.

Relative luminance: 0.3232
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.693 · 0.055 · 18.6
Best text: Black 7.46:1
Hue family: Brown

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#BC8F8F color codes

HEX: #BC8F8F
RGB: rgb(188, 143, 143)
HSL: hsl(0, 25%, 65%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.693 0.055 18.6)
OKLab: oklab(0.693 0.052 0.017)
CIELAB (D65): L* 63.61, a* 17.01, b* 6.61
XYZ (D65): X 35.52, Y 32.32, Z 30.35
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 24%, 24%, 26%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #BC8F8F accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.46:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.81:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

7.46:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +49
White text on it

2.81:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −59
As text on black

7.46:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −47
As text on white

2.81:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +54

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#966B6C 4.54:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.69 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#BC8F8F 7.46:1

It already reaches 7.46:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #BC8F8F live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #BC8F8F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #BC8F8F sits at step 400.

50#FFF1F1

White
1.09
Black
19.10
100#FFE4E3

White
1.20
Black
17.45
200#F6CBCB

White
1.46
Black
14.32
300#DDB1B1

White
1.90
Black
10.99
400This color#BC8F8F

White
2.81
Black
7.46
500#A57979

White
3.74
Black
5.61
600#8C6262

White
5.19
Black
4.03
700#734C4C

White
7.32
Black
2.86
800#573535

White
10.68
Black
1.96
900#3D1F20

White
14.83
Black
1.41
950#260D0F

White
18.31
Black
1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #BC8F8F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.198; #BC8F8F uses 28% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.253 there: 27% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.055
sRGB edge: 0.198
Display P3 edge: 0.253
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.360
Dominant wavelength: 611 nm
Excitation purity: 14%
Chromaticity: x 0.3617, y 0.3292

This color#BC8F8F
Most vivid in sRGB#FF5B6B
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.693 0.253 18.6)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #bc8f8f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.2995 0.3796); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #BC8F8F

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#DEC7C7
OKLab50%#DEC6C6
OKLCH50%#DEC6C6

Black #000000

sRGB50%#5E4848
OKLab50%#473434
OKLCH50%#473434

Its complement #73A7A9

sRGB50%#989B9C
OKLab50%#9C9C9C
OKLCH50%#9A97BD

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #bc8f8f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #bc8f8f 50%, white);

In use

#BC8F8F in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.46:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.81:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.81:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.81:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #966B6C 4.54:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.46:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.65:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:16.65:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.65:1 Passes

Color vision

How #BC8F8F looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.0; tritanopia changes it least, 3.4.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#97958F ΔE2000 17.7

Distinct

Reads as gray
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#A19D8E ΔE2000 20.0

Distinct

Reads as light grayish amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#C58B8F ΔE2000 3.4

Close match

Reads as light muted pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#9A9A9A ΔE2000 16.5

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #73A7A9. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#BC8F8F · #73A7A9	41.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#97958F · #A0A2A9	8.1	Harder to tell apart
Deuteranopia	#A19D8E · #969BA9	14.9	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#C58B8F · #5FABA7	42.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#9A9A9A · #9E9E9E	1.3	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #BC8F8F

Its complement is #73A7A9, a light muted cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio

Base#BC8F8F
Complement#73A7A9

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#B78FA2
Base#BC8F8F
+30°#B9937F

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#BC8F8F
+120°#8CA584
+240°#889EBF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#BC8F8F
+150°#7BA896
+210°#79A3B7

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-rosybrown: #bc8f8f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        rosybrown: '#bc8f8f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-rosybrown: oklch(0.693 0.055 18.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "rosybrown": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7373, 0.5608, 0.5608],
        "hex": "#bc8f8f"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color rosybrown"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let rosybrown = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.737, green: 0.561, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Rosybrown = Color(0xFFBC8F8F)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Rosy Brown #BC8F8F

#BC8F8F color codes

Contrast: is #BC8F8F accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #BC8F8F live

Shades and tints of #BC8F8F

How vivid #BC8F8F can get

Mixing #BC8F8F

#BC8F8F in an interface

How #BC8F8F looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #BC8F8F

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #BC8F8F in the tools