#BC6973#BC6973

#BC6973 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.106 H 13.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6973
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 115)
HSL	hsl(353, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(353, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 34.17, 9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 35.37, 14.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.1035 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.106 13)
XYZ	xyz(28.8866, 22.0349, 18.9481)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6973 #69BCB2

analogous

#BC699D #BC6973 #BC8869

triadic

#BC6973 #73BC69 #6973BC

tetradic

#BC6973 #9DBC69 #69BCB2 #8869BC

square

#BC6973 #9DBC69 #69BCB2 #8869BC

split-complementary

#BC6973 #69BC88 #699DBC

monochromatic

#76353D #A04852 #BC6973 #CF939A #E2BEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BC6973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#BC6973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6973

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6973	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.106 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3959b',
    500: '#bc6973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6973;
$custom-light: #d3959b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.771,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61717,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.22032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6973

secondary

#B0D1CD

accent

#CEC05A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140D0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6973

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

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