#BC6F74#BC6F74

#BC6F74 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6F74
RGB	rgb(188, 111, 116)
HSL	hsl(356, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 31.05, 10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 32.76, 18.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.094 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.098 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5772, 23.3237, 19.4638)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6F74 #6FBCB7

analogous

#BC6F9A #BC6F74 #BC906F

triadic

#BC6F74 #74BC6F #6F74BC

tetradic

#BC6F74 #9ABC6F #6FBCB7 #906FBC

square

#BC6F74 #9ABC6F #6FBCB7 #906FBC

split-complementary

#BC6F74 #6FBC90 #6F9ABC

monochromatic

#79383C #A24C51 #BC6F74 #CF999C #E3C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#BC6F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#BC6F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6F74

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6F74	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 111, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3999c',
    500: '#bc6f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6f74;
$custom-light: #d3999c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.104,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62746,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6F74

secondary

#B4D3D1

accent

#CCC55B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6F74

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

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