#BC7875#BC7875

#BC7875 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7875
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 117)
HSL	hsl(3, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 26.24, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 29.18, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.0795 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.086 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6677, 25.4110, 20.1158)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7875 #75B9BC

analogous

#BC7596 #BC7875 #BC9B75

triadic

#BC7875 #75BC78 #7875BC

tetradic

#BC7875 #96BC75 #75B9BC #9B75BC

square

#BC7875 #96BC75 #75B9BC #9B75BC

split-complementary

#BC7875 #75BC9B #7596BC

monochromatic

#7B3E3C #A45350 #BC7875 #D0A09E #E4C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BC7875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#BC7875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7875

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7875	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#868274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f9c',
    500: '#bc7875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7875;
$custom-light: #d29f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.535,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64339,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7875

secondary

#B9D3D4

accent

#C6CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7875

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

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