#BC6C79#BC6C79

#BC6C79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 10.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6C79
RGB	rgb(188, 108, 121)
HSL	hsl(350, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(350, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 33.28, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 33.96, 11.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.1009 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.103 10)
XYZ	xyz(29.5541, 22.7994, 20.9297)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6C79 #6CBCAF

analogous

#BC6CA1 #BC6C79 #BC876C

triadic

#BC6C79 #79BC6C #6C79BC

tetradic

#BC6C79 #A1BC6C #6CBCAF #876CBC

square

#BC6C79 #A1BC6C #6CBCAF #876CBC

split-complementary

#BC6C79 #6CBC87 #6CA1BC

monochromatic

#773641 #A14A58 #BC6C79 #CF969F #E2C0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC6C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC6C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6C79

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6C79	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 108, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2979f',
    500: '#bc6c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6c79;
$custom-light: #d2979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.25,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.22797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6C79

secondary

#B2D2CD

accent

#CDBB5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6C79

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

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