#BC727B#BC727B

#BC727B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.094 H 12.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC727B
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 123)
HSL	hsl(353, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(353, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 30.28, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 31.21, 14.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0918 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.094 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3327, 24.1584, 21.8005)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC727B #72BCB3

analogous

#BC72A0 #BC727B #BC8E72

triadic

#BC727B #7BBC72 #727BBC

tetradic

#BC727B #A0BC72 #72BCB3 #8E72BC

square

#BC727B #A0BC72 #72BCB3 #8E72BC

split-complementary

#BC727B #72BC8E #72A0BC

monochromatic

#7A3A42 #A34E58 #BC727B #D09BA2 #E3C5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC727B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#BC727B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC727B

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC727B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC727B	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc727b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.094 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ba1',
    500: '#bc727b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc727b;
$custom-light: #d29ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc727b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.703,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63445,
    "c": 0.09395,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC727B

secondary

#B6D3D0

accent

#CCBE5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC727B

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

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