#BC978B#BC978B

#BC978B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.048 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC978B
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(15, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 12.00, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 16.66, 43.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0374 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.048 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4663, 34.6902, 29.1961)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC978B #8BB0BC

analogous

#BC8B98 #BC978B #BCB08B

triadic

#BC978B #8BBC97 #978BBC

tetradic

#BC978B #98BC8B #8BB0BC #B08BBC

square

#BC978B #98BC8B #8BB0BC #B08BBC

split-complementary

#BC978B #8BBCB0 #8B98BC

monochromatic

#82584B #A67464 #BC978B #D2BAB2 #E9DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC978B

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC978B	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.048 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ac',
    500: '#bc978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc978b;
$custom-light: #d1b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.694,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.04791,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC978B

secondary

#C9D6DA

accent

#8DA540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC978B

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

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