#BC978E#BC978E

#BC978E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC978E
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(12, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(12, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 12.43, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 15.94, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0386 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.047 34)
XYZ	xyz(36.6885, 34.7791, 30.3664)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC978E #8EB3BC

analogous

#BC8E9C #BC978E #BCAE8E

triadic

#BC978E #8EBC97 #978EBC

tetradic

#BC978E #9CBC8E #8EB3BC #AE8EBC

square

#BC978E #9CBC8E #8EB3BC #AE8EBC

split-complementary

#BC978E #8EBCAE #8E9CBC

monochromatic

#82584D #A57468 #BC978E #D3BAB4 #EADEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC978E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC978E	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5af',
    500: '#bc978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc978e;
$custom-light: #d1b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70795,
    "c": 0.04653,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.34778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC978E

secondary

#CBD8DB

accent

#91A441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC978E

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

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