#BC6173#BC6173

#BC6173 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.118 H 8.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6173
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 115)
HSL	hsl(348, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(348, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 38.40, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 38.99, 9.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.1165 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.118 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1097, 20.4812, 18.6892)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6173 #61BCAA

analogous

#BC61A0 #BC6173 #BC7C61

triadic

#BC6173 #73BC61 #6173BC

tetradic

#BC6173 #A0BC61 #61BCAA #7C61BC

square

#BC6173 #A0BC61 #61BCAA #7C61BC

split-complementary

#BC6173 #61BC7C #61A0BC

monochromatic

#72303D #9D4355 #BC6173 #CE8C99 #E0B7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC6173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6173

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6173	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.118 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3909b',
    500: '#bc6173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6173;
$custom-light: #d3909b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.132,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60436,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6173

secondary

#AACFC8

accent

#D0B857

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6173

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

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