#BC8174#BC8174

#BC8174 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.076 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8174
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 116)
HSL	hsl(11, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(11, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 21.14, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 26.67, 37.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.0641 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.076 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7429, 27.6550, 20.1857)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8174 #74AFBC

analogous

#BC748B #BC8174 #BCA574

triadic

#BC8174 #74BC81 #8174BC

tetradic

#BC8174 #8BBC74 #74AFBC #A574BC

square

#BC8174 #8BBC74 #74AFBC #A574BC

split-complementary

#BC8174 #74BCA5 #748BBC

monochromatic

#7B473B #A45E4F #BC8174 #D0A69D #E4CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC8174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#BC8174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8174

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8174	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.076 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a69c',
    500: '#bc8174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8174;
$custom-light: #d2a69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.833,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65951,
    "c": 0.0763,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8174

secondary

#B8CFD4

accent

#B7CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8174

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

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