#BC736C#BC736C

#BC736C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.094 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC736C
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 108)
HSL	hsl(5, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 27.94, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 32.25, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0841 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.094 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5780, 24.0380, 17.2665)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC736C #6CB5BC

analogous

#BC6C8D #BC736C #BC9B6C

triadic

#BC736C #6CBC73 #736CBC

tetradic

#BC736C #8DBC6C #6CB5BC #9B6CBC

square

#BC736C #8DBC6C #6CB5BC #9B6CBC

split-complementary

#BC736C #6CBC9B #6C8DBC

monochromatic

#773C36 #A1514A #BC736C #CF9B96 #E2C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC736C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BC736C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC736C

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC736C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC736C	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc736c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.094 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c96',
    500: '#bc736c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc736c;
$custom-light: #d39c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc736c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.25,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC736C

secondary

#B2CFD2

accent

#C3CD5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC736C

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

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