#BC796B#BC796B

#BC796B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.087 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC796B
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 107)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 24.53, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 30.75, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0737 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.087 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2317, 25.4300, 17.2233)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC796B #6BAEBC

analogous

#BC6B86 #BC796B #BCA16B

triadic

#BC796B #6BBC79 #796BBC

tetradic

#BC796B #86BC6B #6BAEBC #A16BBC

square

#BC796B #86BC6B #6BAEBC #A16BBC

split-complementary

#BC796B #6BBCA1 #6B86BC

monochromatic

#774136 #A15849 #BC796B #CF9F95 #E2C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BC796B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#BC796B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC796B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC796B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC796B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc796b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.087 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a095',
    500: '#bc796b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc796b;
$custom-light: #d3a095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc796b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.37,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64283,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC796B

secondary

#B1CCD2

accent

#BACE5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC796B

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

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