#BC7159#BC7159

#BC7159 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7159
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 27.12, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 37.50, 43.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0797 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.102 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4492, 23.2255, 12.4339)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7159 #59A4BC

analogous

#BC5973 #BC7159 #BCA259

triadic

#BC7159 #59BC71 #7159BC

tetradic

#BC7159 #73BC59 #59A4BC #A259BC

square

#BC7159 #73BC59 #59A4BC #A259BC

split-complementary

#BC7159 #59BCA2 #5973BC

monochromatic

#6E3C2C #9A543E #BC7159 #CE9685 #DFBCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BC7159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#BC7159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7159

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7159	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49a88',
    500: '#bc7159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7159;
$custom-light: #d49a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62489,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7159

secondary

#A3C3CD

accent

#B4D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7159

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

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