Inspect RosyBrown (#BC8F8F) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
RosyBrown
#BC8F8F
Black text reads best on this background, at 7.46:1.
RosyBrown is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #BC8F8F in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(188, 143, 143) and hsl(0, 25%, 65%). Perceptually it is a mid-toned, muted color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 69% and its chroma at 0.055. It sits in the browns at 19 degrees of OKLCH hue, and reads as a warm color.
White text only reaches 2.81:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 7.46:1. That combination of lightness and chroma makes it a workable mid-tone, the kind of value that lands in the middle of a shade scale.
The closest CSS named colors to RosyBrown, measured with CIEDE2000, are LightCoral (#F08080), DarkSalmon (#E9967A), PaleVioletRed (#DB7093). If RosyBrown is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#BC8F8F
RGB
rgb(188, 143, 143)
HSL
hsl(0, 25%, 65%)
HWB
hwb(0 56% 26%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 24%, 24%, 26%)
LAB
lab(63.79 17.56 6.96)
LCH
lch(63.79 18.88 21.62)
OKLCH
oklch(69.27% 0.0548 18.57)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #BC8F8F white text measures 2.81:1 and black text 7.46:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on RosyBrown
WCAG 2.2
2.81:1
APCA
Lc 59
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on RosyBrown
WCAG 2.2
7.46:1
APCA
Lc 49
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check RosyBrown against any other color in the contrast checker.
RosyBrown sits at 69% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #FFF6F6 and down to #140002, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#CFA1A1
20% lighter
#E2B3B2
40% lighter
#F5C5C5
60% lighter
#FFDCDB
80% lighter
#FFF6F6
100% lighter
#986D6D
20% darker
#754D4D
40% darker
#532E2F
60% darker
#331214
80% darker
#140002
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #BC8F8F in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #BC8F8F in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
RosyBrown sits at 19 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 199 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of RosyBrown at 349 and 49 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
19, 139 and 259 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 199 degrees, this pair flanks it at 169 and 229. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around RosyBrown on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under deuteranopia, where #BC8F8F reads as #A09C8E, 19.6 CIEDE2000 units away. If RosyBrown is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#96948F
Deuteranopia
#A09C8E
Tritanopia
#C78B8F
Achromatopsia
#999999
The nearest CSS keywords to #BC8F8F, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.