#BC8178#BC8178

#BC8178 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.075 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8178
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 120)
HSL	hsl(8, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 21.63, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 25.82, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0657 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.075 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9806, 27.7501, 21.4375)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8178 #78B3BC

analogous

#BC7891 #BC8178 #BCA378

triadic

#BC8178 #78BC81 #8178BC

tetradic

#BC8178 #91BC78 #78B3BC #A378BC

square

#BC8178 #91BC78 #78B3BC #A378BC

split-complementary

#BC8178 #78BCA3 #7891BC

monochromatic

#7C463E #A55D52 #BC8178 #D0A7A1 #E5CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BC8178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BC8178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8178

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8178	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.075 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a69f',
    500: '#bc8178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8178;
$custom-light: #d2a69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66046,
    "c": 0.07501,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8178

secondary

#BBD1D5

accent

#9DAC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8178

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

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