#BC978F#BC978F

#BC978F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.046 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC978F
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(11, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(11, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 12.58, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 15.74, 36.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.039 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.046 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7640, 34.8093, 30.7636)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC978F #8FB4BC

analogous

#BC8F9D #BC978F #BCAE8F

triadic

#BC978F #8FBC97 #978FBC

tetradic

#BC978F #9DBC8F #8FB4BC #AE8FBC

square

#BC978F #9DBC8F #8FB4BC #AE8FBC

split-complementary

#BC978F #8FBCAE #8F9DBC

monochromatic

#83574E #A57369 #BC978F #D3BBB5 #EADEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC978F

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC978F	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)

#9F9B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.046 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5af',
    500: '#bc978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc978f;
$custom-light: #d1b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 25.14,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.04615,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC978F

secondary

#CCD8DB

accent

#92A442

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC978F

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

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