#BC7461#BC7461

#BC7461 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.096 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7461
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 97)
HSL	hsl(13, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(13, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 26.23, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 34.52, 40.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.078 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.096 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1438, 24.0477, 14.4137)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7461 #61A9BC

analogous

#BC617B #BC7461 #BCA161

triadic

#BC7461 #61BC74 #7461BC

tetradic

#BC7461 #7BBC61 #61A9BC #A161BC

square

#BC7461 #7BBC61 #61A9BC #A161BC

split-complementary

#BC7461 #61BCA1 #617BBC

monochromatic

#723E30 #9D5643 #BC7461 #CE9A8C #E0C0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#BC7461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BC7461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7461

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7461	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)

#857D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.096 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c8e',
    500: '#bc7461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7461;
$custom-light: #d39c8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.527,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63175,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7461

secondary

#AAC7CF

accent

#B7D057

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7461

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

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