#BC736E#BC736E

#BC736E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.093 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC736E
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 110)
HSL	hsl(4, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 28.17, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 31.91, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.085 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.093 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6857, 24.0811, 17.8335)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC736E #6EB7BC

analogous

#BC6E90 #BC736E #BC9A6E

triadic

#BC736E #6EBC73 #736EBC

tetradic

#BC736E #90BC6E #6EB7BC #9A6EBC

square

#BC736E #90BC6E #6EB7BC #9A6EBC

split-complementary

#BC736E #6EBC9A #6E90BC

monochromatic

#783C37 #A2504B #BC736E #CF9B98 #E3C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BC736E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#BC736E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC736E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC736E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC736E	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc736e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.093 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c97',
    500: '#bc736e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc736e;
$custom-light: #d39c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc736e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.846,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63287,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC736E

secondary

#B3D0D2

accent

#C5CD5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC736E

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

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