#BC7572#BC7572

#BC7572 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7572
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 114)
HSL	hsl(2, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 27.53, 13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 30.64, 26.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0833 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.09 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1389, 24.6312, 19.0833)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7572 #72B9BC

analogous

#BC7294 #BC7572 #BC9A72

triadic

#BC7572 #72BC75 #7572BC

tetradic

#BC7572 #94BC72 #72B9BC #9A72BC

square

#BC7572 #94BC72 #72B9BC #9A72BC

split-complementary

#BC7572 #72BC9A #7294BC

monochromatic

#7A3C3A #A3514E #BC7572 #D09E9B #E3C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BC7572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BC7572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7572

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7572	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9a',
    500: '#bc7572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7572;
$custom-light: #d29d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.432,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63734,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7572

secondary

#B6D2D3

accent

#C7CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7572

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

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