#BC6972#BC6972

#BC6972 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.106 H 13.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6972
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 114)
HSL	hsl(353, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(353, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 34.05, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 35.40, 15.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.1031 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.106 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8293, 22.0120, 18.6467)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6972 #69BCB3

analogous

#BC699C #BC6972 #BC8A69

triadic

#BC6972 #72BC69 #6972BC

tetradic

#BC6972 #9CBC69 #69BCB3 #8A69BC

square

#BC6972 #9CBC69 #69BCB3 #8A69BC

split-complementary

#BC6972 #69BC8A #699CBC

monochromatic

#76353C #A04851 #BC6972 #CF939A #E2BEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#BC6972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#BC6972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6972

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6972	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA606C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.106 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3959a',
    500: '#bc6972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6972;
$custom-light: #d3959a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.494,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6169,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6972

secondary

#B0D1CE

accent

#CEC25A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6972

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

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