#BC725E#BC725E

#BC725E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.099 H 35.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC725E
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 94)
HSL	hsl(13, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(13, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 27.04, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 35.80, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0801 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.099 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7785, 23.5367, 13.6149)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC725E #5EA8BC

analogous

#BC5E79 #BC725E #BCA15E

triadic

#BC725E #5EBC72 #725EBC

tetradic

#BC725E #79BC5E #5EA8BC #A15EBC

square

#BC725E #79BC5E #5EA8BC #A15EBC

split-complementary

#BC725E #5EBCA1 #5E79BC

monochromatic

#713D2F #9C5441 #BC725E #CE9889 #E0BEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#BC725E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#BC725E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC725E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC725E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC725E	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc725e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.099 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39b8c',
    500: '#bc725e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc725e;
$custom-light: #d39b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc725e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62762,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC725E

secondary

#A7C6CF

accent

#B7D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC725E

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

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