#BC7972#BC7972

#BC7972 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.085 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7972
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(6, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 25.33, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 29.30, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0766 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.085 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6150, 25.5833, 19.2420)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7972 #72B5BC

analogous

#BC7290 #BC7972 #BC9E72

triadic

#BC7972 #72BC79 #7972BC

tetradic

#BC7972 #90BC72 #72B5BC #9E72BC

square

#BC7972 #90BC72 #72B5BC #9E72BC

split-complementary

#BC7972 #72BC9E #7290BC

monochromatic

#7A403A #A3564E #BC7972 #D0A09B #E3C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC7972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BC7972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7972

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7972	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)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.085 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a09a',
    500: '#bc7972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7972;
$custom-light: #d2a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.676,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64444,
    "c": 0.08534,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7972

secondary

#B6D1D3

accent

#C1CC5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7972

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

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