#BC8574#BC8574

#BC8574 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.073 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8574
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 116)
HSL	hsl(14, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(14, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 18.92, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 25.84, 42.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% 0.0574 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.073 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2801, 28.7295, 20.3647)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8574 #74ABBC

analogous

#BC7487 #BC8574 #BCA974

triadic

#BC8574 #74BC85 #8574BC

tetradic

#BC8574 #87BC74 #74ABBC #A974BC

square

#BC8574 #87BC74 #74ABBC #A974BC

split-complementary

#BC8574 #74BCA9 #7487BC

monochromatic

#7B4A3B #A4634F #BC8574 #D0A99D #E4CDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8574

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8574	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.073 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89c',
    500: '#bc8574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8574;
$custom-light: #d2a89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66698,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8574

secondary

#B8CDD4

accent

#B1CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8574

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

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