#BC787D#BC787D

#BC787D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC787D
RGB	rgb(188, 120, 125)
HSL	hsl(356, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 27.25, 8.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 28.52, 17.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0827 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.086 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1583, 25.6072, 22.6997)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC787D #78BCB7

analogous

#BC789F #BC787D #BC9578

triadic

#BC787D #7DBC78 #787DBC

tetradic

#BC787D #9FBC78 #78BCB7 #9578BC

square

#BC787D #9FBC78 #78BCB7 #9578BC

split-complementary

#BC787D #78BC95 #789FBC

monochromatic

#7C3E42 #A55258 #BC787D #D0A1A4 #E5CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC787D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BC787D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC787D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC787D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC787D	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc787d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 120, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29fa2',
    500: '#bc787d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc787d;
$custom-light: #d29fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc787d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64546,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC787D

secondary

#BBD5D3

accent

#ACA439

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC787D

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

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