#BC727E#BC727E

#BC727E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.094 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC727E
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(350, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(350, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 30.67, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 31.23, 10.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.093 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.094 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5234, 24.2347, 22.8048)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC727E #72BCB0

analogous

#BC72A3 #BC727E #BC8B72

triadic

#BC727E #7EBC72 #727EBC

tetradic

#BC727E #A3BC72 #72BCB0 #8B72BC

square

#BC727E #A3BC72 #72BCB0 #8B72BC

split-complementary

#BC727E #72BC8B #72A3BC

monochromatic

#7A3A44 #A34E5B #BC727E #D09BA4 #E3C5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BC727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#BC727E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC727E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC727E	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.094 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ba3',
    500: '#bc727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc727e;
$custom-light: #d29ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.27,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC727E

secondary

#B6D3CF

accent

#CCBA5C

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F3

border

#D3CCCD

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC727E

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

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