#BC8573#BC8573

#BC8573 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.073 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8573
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 18.80, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 26.12, 43.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.057 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.073 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2223, 28.7063, 20.0600)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8573 #73AABC

analogous

#BC7385 #BC8573 #BCAA73

triadic

#BC8573 #73BC85 #8573BC

tetradic

#BC8573 #85BC73 #73AABC #AA73BC

square

#BC8573 #85BC73 #73AABC #AA73BC

split-complementary

#BC8573 #73BCAA #7385BC

monochromatic

#7A4A3A #A4634E #BC8573 #D0A99C #E4CDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BC8573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BC8573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8573

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8573	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.073 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89b',
    500: '#bc8573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8573;
$custom-light: #d2a89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66675,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8573

secondary

#B7CDD4

accent

#B0CB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8573

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

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