#BC7478#BC7478

#BC7478 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.091 H 16.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7478
RGB	rgb(188, 116, 120)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 28.81, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 30.44, 18.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0873 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.091 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3758, 24.5406, 20.9026)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7478 #74BCB8

analogous

#BC749C #BC7478 #BC9474

triadic

#BC7478 #78BC74 #7478BC

tetradic

#BC7478 #9CBC74 #74BCB8 #9474BC

square

#BC7478 #9CBC74 #74BCB8 #9474BC

split-complementary

#BC7478 #74BC94 #749CBC

monochromatic

#7B3B3F #A44F54 #BC7478 #D09DA0 #E4C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BC7478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BC7478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7478

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7478	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 116, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.091 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9e',
    500: '#bc7478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7478;
$custom-light: #d29d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63711,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7478

secondary

#B8D4D2

accent

#CBC55D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7478

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

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