#BC7565#BC7565

#BC7565 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.093 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7565
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 101)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(11, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 26.09, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 33.22, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0779 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.093 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4509, 24.3560, 15.4595)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7565 #65ACBC

analogous

#BC6581 #BC7565 #BCA165

triadic

#BC7565 #65BC75 #7565BC

tetradic

#BC7565 #81BC65 #65ACBC #A165BC

square

#BC7565 #81BC65 #65ACBC #A165BC

split-complementary

#BC7565 #65BCA1 #6581BC

monochromatic

#743F33 #9F5645 #BC7565 #CF9B90 #E1C1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BC7565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#BC7565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7565

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7565	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)

#867E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6A71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.093 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d91',
    500: '#bc7565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7565;
$custom-light: #d39d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.034,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63436,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7565

secondary

#ADCAD0

accent

#B9CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7565

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

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