#BC7974#BC7974

#BC7974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.085 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7974
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 116)
HSL	hsl(4, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 25.57, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 28.98, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.0774 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.085 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7301, 25.6294, 19.8481)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7974 #74B7BC

analogous

#BC7493 #BC7974 #BC9D74

triadic

#BC7974 #74BC79 #7974BC

tetradic

#BC7974 #93BC74 #74B7BC #9D74BC

square

#BC7974 #93BC74 #74B7BC #9D74BC

split-complementary

#BC7974 #74BC9D #7493BC

monochromatic

#7B3F3B #A4554F #BC7974 #D0A19D #E4C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#BC7974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#BC7974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7974

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7974	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.085 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a09c',
    500: '#bc7974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7974;
$custom-light: #d2a09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64493,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7974

secondary

#B8D2D4

accent

#C3CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7974

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

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