#BC6970#BC6970

#BC6970 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.106 H 15.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6970
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 112)
HSL	hsl(355, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(355, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 33.82, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 35.50, 17.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.1023 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.106 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7167, 21.9670, 18.0537)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6970 #69BCB5

analogous

#BC6999 #BC6970 #BC8C69

triadic

#BC6970 #70BC69 #6970BC

tetradic

#BC6970 #99BC69 #69BCB5 #8C69BC

square

#BC6970 #99BC69 #69BCB5 #8C69BC

split-complementary

#BC6970 #69BC8C #6999BC

monochromatic

#76353A #A0484F #BC6970 #CF9398 #E2BEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BC6970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6970

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6970	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.106 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39599',
    500: '#bc6970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6970;
$custom-light: #d39599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.94,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6970

secondary

#B0D1CE

accent

#CEC45A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6970

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

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