#BC6572#BC6572

#BC6572 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.112 H 11.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6572
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 114)
HSL	hsl(351, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(351, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 36.18, 8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 37.16, 13.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.1097 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.112 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4315, 21.2163, 18.5141)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6572 #65BCAF

analogous

#BC659E #BC6572 #BC8465

triadic

#BC6572 #72BC65 #6572BC

tetradic

#BC6572 #9EBC65 #65BCAF #8465BC

square

#BC6572 #9EBC65 #65BCAF #8465BC

split-complementary

#BC6572 #65BC84 #659EBC

monochromatic

#74333C #9F4552 #BC6572 #CF9099 #E1BAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC6572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC6572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6572

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6572	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.112 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3939a',
    500: '#bc6572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6572;
$custom-light: #d3939a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.034,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61041,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6572

secondary

#ADD0CB

accent

#CFBE59

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6572

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

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