#BC796E#BC796E

#BC796E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.086 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC796E
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 110)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 24.87, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 30.07, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0749 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.086 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3923, 25.4943, 18.0690)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC796E #6EB1BC

analogous

#BC6E8A #BC796E #BCA06E

triadic

#BC796E #6EBC79 #796EBC

tetradic

#BC796E #8ABC6E #6EB1BC #A06EBC

square

#BC796E #8ABC6E #6EB1BC #A06EBC

split-complementary

#BC796E #6EBCA0 #6E8ABC

monochromatic

#784137 #A2574B #BC796E #CFA098 #E3C6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#BC796E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#BC796E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC796E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC796E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC796E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98906D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc796e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.086 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a097',
    500: '#bc796e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc796e;
$custom-light: #d2a097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc796e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.08636,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC796E

secondary

#B3CED2

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC796E

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

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