#BC7378#BC7378

#BC7378 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.092 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7378
RGB	rgb(188, 115, 120)
HSL	hsl(356, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 29.36, 9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 30.86, 17.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.089 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.092 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2612, 24.3113, 20.8644)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7378 #73BCB7

analogous

#BC739D #BC7378 #BC9373

triadic

#BC7378 #78BC73 #7378BC

tetradic

#BC7378 #9DBC73 #73BCB7 #9373BC

square

#BC7378 #9DBC73 #73BCB7 #9373BC

split-complementary

#BC7378 #73BC93 #739DBC

monochromatic

#7A3A3F #A44E54 #BC7378 #D09CA0 #E4C6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC7378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BC7378 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7378

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7378	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 115, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.092 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29c9e',
    500: '#bc7378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7378;
$custom-light: #d29c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7378

secondary

#B7D4D2

accent

#CBC45C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7378

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

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