#BC8575#BC8575

#BC8575 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.072 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8575
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 117)
HSL	hsl(14, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(14, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 19.05, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 25.57, 41.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0578 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.072 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3386, 28.7529, 20.6727)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8575 #75ACBC

analogous

#BC7589 #BC8575 #BCA875

triadic

#BC8575 #75BC85 #8575BC

tetradic

#BC8575 #89BC75 #75ACBC #A875BC

square

#BC8575 #89BC75 #75ACBC #A875BC

split-complementary

#BC8575 #75BCA8 #7589BC

monochromatic

#7B4A3C #A46350 #BC8575 #D0A99E #E4CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BC8575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8575

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8575	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)

#928B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.072 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89c',
    500: '#bc8575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8575;
$custom-light: #d2a89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.521,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66721,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8575

secondary

#B9CED4

accent

#B2CB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8575

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

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