#BC7874#BC7874

#BC7874 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7874
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 116)
HSL	hsl(3, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 26.12, 13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 29.32, 27.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0791 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.086 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6092, 25.3876, 19.8078)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7874 #74B8BC

analogous

#BC7494 #BC7874 #BC9C74

triadic

#BC7874 #74BC78 #7874BC

tetradic

#BC7874 #94BC74 #74B8BC #9C74BC

square

#BC7874 #94BC74 #74B8BC #9C74BC

split-complementary

#BC7874 #74BC9C #7494BC

monochromatic

#7B3F3B #A4544F #BC7874 #D0A09D #E4C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#BC7874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#BC7874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7874

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7874	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9c',
    500: '#bc7874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7874;
$custom-light: #d29f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64314,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7874

secondary

#B8D2D4

accent

#C5CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7874

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

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