#BC796C#BC796C

#BC796C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.087 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC796C
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 108)
HSL	hsl(10, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 24.64, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 30.52, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0741 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.087 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2846, 25.4512, 17.5020)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC796C #6CAFBC

analogous

#BC6C87 #BC796C #BCA16C

triadic

#BC796C #6CBC79 #796CBC

tetradic

#BC796C #87BC6C #6CAFBC #A16CBC

square

#BC796C #87BC6C #6CAFBC #A16CBC

split-complementary

#BC796C #6CBCA1 #6C87BC

monochromatic

#774136 #A1584A #BC796C #CF9F96 #E2C6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#BC796C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#BC796C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC796C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC796C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC796C	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)

#88826B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc796c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.087 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a096',
    500: '#bc796c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc796c;
$custom-light: #d2a096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc796c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64305,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC796C

secondary

#B2CDD2

accent

#BBCD5A

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC796C

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

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