#BC7265#BC7265

#BC7265 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.096 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7265
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 101)
HSL	hsl(9, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(9, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 27.74, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 33.98, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.083 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.096 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1069, 23.6681, 15.3448)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7265 #65AFBC

analogous

#BC6584 #BC7265 #BC9E65

triadic

#BC7265 #65BC72 #7265BC

tetradic

#BC7265 #84BC65 #65AFBC #9E65BC

square

#BC7265 #84BC65 #65AFBC #9E65BC

split-complementary

#BC7265 #65BC9E #6584BC

monochromatic

#743C33 #9F5245 #BC7265 #CF9990 #E1C0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BC7265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#BC7265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7265

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7265	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)

#837C64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958B64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB676F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.096 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39b91',
    500: '#bc7265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7265;
$custom-light: #d39b91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.966,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62907,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7265

secondary

#ADCBD0

accent

#BECF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7265

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

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