#BC786D#BC786D

#BC786D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.088 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC786D
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 109)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 25.31, 17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 30.56, 34.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0762 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.088 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2173, 25.2308, 17.7436)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC786D #6DB1BC

analogous

#BC6D89 #BC786D #BC9F6D

triadic

#BC786D #6DBC78 #786DBC

tetradic

#BC786D #89BC6D #6DB1BC #9F6DBC

square

#BC786D #89BC6D #6DB1BC #9F6DBC

split-complementary

#BC786D #6DBC9F #6D89BC

monochromatic

#784037 #A2564A #BC786D #CF9F97 #E3C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#BC786D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#BC786D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC786D

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC786D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC786D	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc786d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.088 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f96',
    500: '#bc786d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc786d;
$custom-light: #d29f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc786d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.354,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64148,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC786D

secondary

#B3CED2

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC786D

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

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