#BC8577#BC8577

#BC8577 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.071 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8577
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 119)
HSL	hsl(12, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(12, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 19.29, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 25.05, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.0586 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.071 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4575, 28.8004, 21.2987)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8577 #77AEBC

analogous

#BC778B #BC8577 #BCA777

triadic

#BC8577 #77BC85 #8577BC

tetradic

#BC8577 #8BBC77 #77AEBC #A777BC

square

#BC8577 #8BBC77 #77AEBC #A777BC

split-complementary

#BC8577 #77BCA7 #778BBC

monochromatic

#7C4A3D #A56251 #BC8577 #D0AAA0 #E4CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BC8577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BC8577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8577

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8577	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.071 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a89e',
    500: '#bc8577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8577;
$custom-light: #d2a89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66767,
    "c": 0.07143,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8577

secondary

#BACFD5

accent

#95AD39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8577

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

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