#BC7777#BC7777

#BC7777 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.087 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7777
RGB	rgb(188, 119, 119)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 27.04, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 29.33, 22.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.0819 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.087 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6669, 25.2193, 20.7018)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7777 #77BCBC

analogous

#BC7799 #BC7777 #BC9977

triadic

#BC7777 #77BC77 #7777BC

tetradic

#BC7777 #99BC77 #77BCBC #9977BC

square

#BC7777 #99BC77 #77BCBC #9977BC

split-complementary

#BC7777 #77BC99 #7799BC

monochromatic

#7C3D3D #A55151 #BC7777 #D0A0A0 #E4C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BC7777 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#BC7777 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7777

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7777	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7777	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7777;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 119, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.087 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9e',
    500: '#bc7777',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7777;
$custom-light: #d29f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7777",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64212,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7777

secondary

#BAD5D5

accent

#ADAD39

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7777

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

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