#BC6D79#BC6D79

#BC6D79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 10.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D79
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(351, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(351, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 32.74, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 33.50, 12.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0993 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.101 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6601, 23.0116, 20.9650)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D79 #6DBCB0

analogous

#BC6DA0 #BC6D79 #BC886D

triadic

#BC6D79 #79BC6D #6D79BC

tetradic

#BC6D79 #A0BC6D #6DBCB0 #886DBC

square

#BC6D79 #A0BC6D #6DBCB0 #886DBC

split-complementary

#BC6D79 #6DBC88 #6DA0BC

monochromatic

#783741 #A24A57 #BC6D79 #CF97A0 #E3C1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BC6D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BC6D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D79

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D79	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2989f',
    500: '#bc6d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d79;
$custom-light: #d2989f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.886,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D79

secondary

#B3D2CD

accent

#CDBC5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D79

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

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