#BC7477#BC7477

#BC7477 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7477
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 119)
HSL	hsl(358, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 28.69, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 30.51, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0869 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.091 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3155, 24.5164, 20.5847)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7477 #74BCB9

analogous

#BC749B #BC7477 #BC9574

triadic

#BC7477 #77BC74 #7477BC

tetradic

#BC7477 #9BBC74 #74BCB9 #9574BC

square

#BC7477 #9BBC74 #74BCB9 #9574BC

split-complementary

#BC7477 #74BC95 #749BBC

monochromatic

#7B3B3E #A44F53 #BC7477 #D09D9F #E4C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC7477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC7477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7477

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7477	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9e',
    500: '#bc7477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7477;
$custom-light: #d29d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7477

secondary

#B8D4D3

accent

#CBC65D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7477

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

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