#BC6472#BC6472

#BC6472 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.113 H 10.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6472
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 114)
HSL	hsl(350, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(350, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 36.71, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 37.61, 12.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1113 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.113 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3350, 21.0233, 18.4819)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6472 #64BCAE

analogous

#BC649E #BC6472 #BC8264

triadic

#BC6472 #72BC64 #6472BC

tetradic

#BC6472 #9EBC64 #64BCAE #8264BC

square

#BC6472 #9EBC64 #64BCAE #8264BC

split-complementary

#BC6472 #64BC82 #649EBC

monochromatic

#74323C #9E4453 #BC6472 #CE8F99 #E1B9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BC6472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BC6472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6472

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6472	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.113 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3929a',
    500: '#bc6472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6472;
$custom-light: #d3929a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.455,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60881,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6472

secondary

#ACD0CA

accent

#D0BD58

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6472

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

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