#BC7A74#BC7A74

#BC7A74 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7A74
RGB	rgb(188, 122, 116)
HSL	hsl(5, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 25.02, 13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 28.65, 29.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0757 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.084 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8522, 25.8737, 19.8888)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7A74 #74B6BC

analogous

#BC7492 #BC7A74 #BC9E74

triadic

#BC7A74 #74BC7A #7A74BC

tetradic

#BC7A74 #92BC74 #74B6BC #9E74BC

square

#BC7A74 #92BC74 #74B6BC #9E74BC

split-complementary

#BC7A74 #74BC9E #7492BC

monochromatic

#7B403B #A4564F #BC7A74 #D0A29D #E4C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC7A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#BC7A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7A74

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7A74	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 122, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a19c',
    500: '#bc7a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7a74;
$custom-light: #d2a19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64672,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7A74

secondary

#B8D2D4

accent

#C2CB5D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7A74

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

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