#BC7579#BC7579

#BC7579 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.090 H 16.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7579
RGB	rgb(188, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(357, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 28.39, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 29.97, 18.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0861 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.09 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5527, 24.7968, 21.2625)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7579 #75BCB8

analogous

#BC759C #BC7579 #BC9575

triadic

#BC7579 #79BC75 #7579BC

tetradic

#BC7579 #9CBC75 #75BCB8 #9575BC

square

#BC7579 #9CBC75 #75BCB8 #9575BC

split-complementary

#BC7579 #75BC95 #759CBC

monochromatic

#7B3C3F #A45054 #BC7579 #D09EA1 #E4C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#BC7579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BC7579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7579

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7579	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.090 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d9f',
    500: '#bc7579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7579;
$custom-light: #d29d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.62,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7579

secondary

#B9D4D3

accent

#CBC55D

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140E0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7579

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

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