#BC7873#BC7873

#BC7873 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7873
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 115)
HSL	hsl(4, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 26.00, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 29.47, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0787 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.086 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5513, 25.3645, 19.5031)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7873 #73B7BC

analogous

#BC7393 #BC7873 #BC9D73

triadic

#BC7873 #73BC78 #7873BC

tetradic

#BC7873 #93BC73 #73B7BC #9D73BC

square

#BC7873 #93BC73 #73B7BC #9D73BC

split-complementary

#BC7873 #73BC9D #7393BC

monochromatic

#7A3F3A #A4544E #BC7873 #D0A09C #E4C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#BC7873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#BC7873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7873

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7873	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)

#868272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9b',
    500: '#bc7873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7873;
$custom-light: #d29f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.11,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6429,
    "c": 0.08631,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7873

secondary

#B7D2D4

accent

#C4CB5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7873

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

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