#BC7970#BC7970

#BC7970 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7970
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 112)
HSL	hsl(7, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 25.10, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 29.67, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0758 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.086 28)
XYZ	xyz(30.5024, 25.5383, 18.6490)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7970 #70B3BC

analogous

#BC708D #BC7970 #BC9F70

triadic

#BC7970 #70BC79 #7970BC

tetradic

#BC7970 #8DBC70 #70B3BC #9F70BC

square

#BC7970 #8DBC70 #70B3BC #9F70BC

split-complementary

#BC7970 #70BC9F #708DBC

monochromatic

#794039 #A3564C #BC7970 #D0A09A #E3C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#BC7970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#BC7970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7970

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7970	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98906F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a099',
    500: '#bc7970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7970;
$custom-light: #d2a099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.105,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.25536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7970

secondary

#B5CFD3

accent

#BFCC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7970

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

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