#BC7573#BC7573

#BC7573 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.090 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7573
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 115)
HSL	hsl(2, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 27.65, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 30.51, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.0837 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.09 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1962, 24.6541, 19.3847)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7573 #73BABC

analogous

#BC7396 #BC7573 #BC9A73

triadic

#BC7573 #73BC75 #7573BC

tetradic

#BC7573 #96BC73 #73BABC #9A73BC

square

#BC7573 #96BC73 #73BABC #9A73BC

split-complementary

#BC7573 #73BC9A #7396BC

monochromatic

#7A3C3A #A4514E #BC7573 #D09E9C #E4C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#BC7573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#BC7573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7573

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7573	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)

#838072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.090 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9b',
    500: '#bc7573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7573;
$custom-light: #d29d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63759,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7573

secondary

#B7D3D4

accent

#C8CB5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7573

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

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