#BC6172#BC6172

#BC6172 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.118 H 9.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6172
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(349, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 38.28, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 38.97, 10.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1161 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.118 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0525, 20.4583, 18.3878)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6172 #61BCAB

analogous

#BC619F #BC6172 #BC7D61

triadic

#BC6172 #72BC61 #6172BC

tetradic

#BC6172 #9FBC61 #61BCAB #7D61BC

square

#BC6172 #9FBC61 #61BCAB #7D61BC

split-complementary

#BC6172 #61BC7D #619FBC

monochromatic

#72303D #9D4354 #BC6172 #CE8C98 #E0B7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#BC6172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6172

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6172	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.118 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3909a',
    500: '#bc6172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6172;
$custom-light: #d3909a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.791,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60409,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6172

secondary

#AACFC8

accent

#D0BA57

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6172

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

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