#BC7470#BC7470

#BC7470 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.092 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7470
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 112)
HSL	hsl(3, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 27.85, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 31.27, 27.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0841 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.092 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9105, 24.3544, 18.4517)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7470 #70B8BC

analogous

#BC7092 #BC7470 #BC9A70

triadic

#BC7470 #70BC74 #7470BC

tetradic

#BC7470 #92BC70 #70B8BC #9A70BC

square

#BC7470 #92BC70 #70B8BC #9A70BC

split-complementary

#BC7470 #70BC9A #7092BC

monochromatic

#793C39 #A3514C #BC7470 #D09D9A #E3C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC7470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#BC7470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7470

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7470	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.092 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d99',
    500: '#bc7470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7470;
$custom-light: #d39d99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7470

secondary

#B5D1D3

accent

#C6CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7470

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

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