#BC7472#BC7472

#BC7472 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7472
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 114)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 28.08, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 31.00, 25.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0849 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.091 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0231, 24.3995, 19.0446)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7472 #72BABC

analogous

#BC7295 #BC7472 #BC9972

triadic

#BC7472 #72BC74 #7472BC

tetradic

#BC7472 #95BC72 #72BABC #9972BC

square

#BC7472 #95BC72 #72BABC #9972BC

split-complementary

#BC7472 #72BC99 #7295BC

monochromatic

#7A3C3A #A3504E #BC7472 #D09D9B #E3C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#BC7472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#BC7472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7472

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7472	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9a',
    500: '#bc7472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7472;
$custom-light: #d29d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7472

secondary

#B6D3D3

accent

#C9CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7472

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

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