#BC978D#BC978D

#BC978D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC978D
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(13, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(13, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 12.29, 10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 16.17, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0382 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.047 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6138, 34.7492, 29.9728)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC978D #8DB2BC

analogous

#BC8D9B #BC978D #BCAF8D

triadic

#BC978D #8DBC97 #978DBC

tetradic

#BC978D #9BBC8D #8DB2BC #AF8DBC

square

#BC978D #9BBC8D #8DB2BC #AF8DBC

split-complementary

#BC978D #8DBCAF #8D9BBC

monochromatic

#82584C #A57466 #BC978D #D3BAB4 #E9DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC978D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC978D	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ae',
    500: '#bc978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc978d;
$custom-light: #d1b5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70769,
    "c": 0.04696,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC978D

secondary

#CAD7DB

accent

#8FA541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC978D

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

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