#BC7872#BC7872

#BC7872 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.087 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7872
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 114)
HSL	hsl(5, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 25.88, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 29.62, 29.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.0783 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.087 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4941, 25.3416, 19.2017)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7872 #72B6BC

analogous

#BC7291 #BC7872 #BC9D72

triadic

#BC7872 #72BC78 #7872BC

tetradic

#BC7872 #91BC72 #72B6BC #9D72BC

square

#BC7872 #91BC72 #72B6BC #9D72BC

split-complementary

#BC7872 #72BC9D #7291BC

monochromatic

#7A3F3A #A3554E #BC7872 #D0A09B #E3C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#BC7872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#BC7872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7872

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7872	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.087 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9a',
    500: '#bc7872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7872;
$custom-light: #d29f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64266,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7872

secondary

#B6D1D3

accent

#C3CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7872

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

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