#BC6174#BC6174

#BC6174 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.118 H 8.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6174
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 116)
HSL	hsl(347, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(347, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 38.52, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 39.01, 9.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1169 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.118 8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1676, 20.5044, 18.9939)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6174 #61BCA9

analogous

#BC61A1 #BC6174 #BC7B61

triadic

#BC6174 #74BC61 #6174BC

tetradic

#BC6174 #A1BC61 #61BCA9 #7B61BC

square

#BC6174 #A1BC61 #61BCA9 #7B61BC

split-complementary

#BC6174 #61BC7B #61A1BC

monochromatic

#72303E #9D4356 #BC6174 #CE8C9A #E0B7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#BC6174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#BC6174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6174

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6174	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)

#717274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.118 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3909b',
    500: '#bc6174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6174;
$custom-light: #d3909b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.473,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60464,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6174

secondary

#AACFC7

accent

#D0B757

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6174

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

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