#BC7170#BC7170

#BC7170 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.095 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7170
RGB	rgb(188, 113, 112)
HSL	hsl(1, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 29.49, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 32.34, 24.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0891 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.095 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5702, 23.6739, 18.3382)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7170 #70BBBC

analogous

#BC7095 #BC7170 #BC9770

triadic

#BC7170 #70BC71 #7170BC

tetradic

#BC7170 #95BC70 #70BBBC #9770BC

square

#BC7170 #95BC70 #70BBBC #9770BC

split-complementary

#BC7170 #70BC97 #7095BC

monochromatic

#793A39 #A34D4C #BC7170 #D09A9A #E3C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC7170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7170

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7170	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 113, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.095 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39b99',
    500: '#bc7170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7170;
$custom-light: #d39b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.789,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.09539,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7170

secondary

#B5D2D3

accent

#CBCC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7170

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

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