#BC7971#BC7971

#BC7971 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7971
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 113)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 25.21, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 29.48, 31.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0762 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.086 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5584, 25.5607, 18.9438)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7971 #71B4BC

analogous

#BC718F #BC7971 #BC9F71

triadic

#BC7971 #71BC79 #7971BC

tetradic

#BC7971 #8FBC71 #71B4BC #9F71BC

square

#BC7971 #8FBC71 #71B4BC #9F71BC

split-complementary

#BC7971 #71BC9F #718FBC

monochromatic

#794039 #A3564D #BC7971 #D0A09B #E3C7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#BC7971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#BC7971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7971

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7971	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)

#878270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a099',
    500: '#bc7971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7971;
$custom-light: #d2a099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7971

secondary

#B6D0D3

accent

#C0CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7971

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

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