#BC745E#BC745E

#BC745E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.097 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC745E
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 94)
HSL	hsl(14, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 25.94, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 35.39, 42.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.0768 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.097 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0065, 23.9929, 13.6909)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC745E #5EA6BC

analogous

#BC5E77 #BC745E #BCA35E

triadic

#BC745E #5EBC74 #745EBC

tetradic

#BC745E #77BC5E #5EA6BC #A35EBC

square

#BC745E #77BC5E #5EA6BC #A35EBC

split-complementary

#BC745E #5EBCA3 #5E77BC

monochromatic

#713E2F #9C5641 #BC745E #CE9989 #E0BFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC745E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#BC745E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC745E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC745E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC745E	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc745e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.097 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c8c',
    500: '#bc745e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc745e;
$custom-light: #d39c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc745e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63115,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC745E

secondary

#A7C5CF

accent

#B4D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC745E

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

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