#BC7973#BC7973

#BC7973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.085 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7973
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 115)
HSL	hsl(5, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 25.45, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 29.14, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.077 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.085 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6722, 25.6062, 19.5434)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7973 #73B6BC

analogous

#BC7391 #BC7973 #BC9E73

triadic

#BC7973 #73BC79 #7973BC

tetradic

#BC7973 #91BC73 #73B6BC #9E73BC

square

#BC7973 #91BC73 #73B6BC #9E73BC

split-complementary

#BC7973 #73BC9E #7391BC

monochromatic

#7A403A #A4554E #BC7973 #D0A19C #E4C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC7973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#BC7973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7973

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7973	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)

#878272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.085 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a09b',
    500: '#bc7973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7973;
$custom-light: #d2a09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.932,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64468,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7973

secondary

#B7D1D4

accent

#C2CB5C

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7973

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

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