#BC756C#BC756C

#BC756C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.091 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC756C
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 108)
HSL	hsl(7, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 26.84, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 31.63, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0808 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.091 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8086, 24.4991, 17.3433)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC756C #6CB3BC

analogous

#BC6C8B #BC756C #BC9D6C

triadic

#BC756C #6CBC75 #756CBC

tetradic

#BC756C #8BBC6C #6CB3BC #9D6CBC

square

#BC756C #8BBC6C #6CB3BC #9D6CBC

split-complementary

#BC756C #6CBC9D #6C8BBC

monochromatic

#773E36 #A1534A #BC756C #CF9C96 #E2C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BC756C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BC756C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC756C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC756C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC756C	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)

#857F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc756c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.091 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d96',
    500: '#bc756c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc756c;
$custom-light: #d39d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc756c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63591,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC756C

secondary

#B2CED2

accent

#C0CD5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC756C

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

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