#BC727D#BC727D

#BC727D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.094 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC727D
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 125)
HSL	hsl(351, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(351, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 30.54, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 31.21, 11.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0926 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.094 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4592, 24.2090, 22.4666)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC727D #72BCB1

analogous

#BC72A2 #BC727D #BC8C72

triadic

#BC727D #7DBC72 #727DBC

tetradic

#BC727D #A2BC72 #72BCB1 #8C72BC

square

#BC727D #A2BC72 #72BCB1 #8C72BC

split-complementary

#BC727D #72BC8C #72A2BC

monochromatic

#7A3A43 #A34E5A #BC727D #D09BA3 #E3C5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#BC727D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#BC727D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC727D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC727D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC727D	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc727d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.094 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ba2',
    500: '#bc727d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc727d;
$custom-light: #d29ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc727d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.081,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.635,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC727D

secondary

#B6D3CF

accent

#CCBB5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC727D

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

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