#BC7979#BC7979

#BC7979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7979
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 26.19, 10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 28.37, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0794 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.084 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0288, 25.7489, 21.4212)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7979 #79BCBC

analogous

#BC799A #BC7979 #BC9A79

triadic

#BC7979 #79BC79 #7979BC

tetradic

#BC7979 #9ABC79 #79BCBC #9A79BC

square

#BC7979 #9ABC79 #79BCBC #9A79BC

split-complementary

#BC7979 #79BC9A #799ABC

monochromatic

#7C3E3E #A55353 #BC7979 #D0A2A2 #E5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BC7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BC7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7979

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7979	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a09f',
    500: '#bc7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7979;
$custom-light: #d2a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64618,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7979

secondary

#BCD5D5

accent

#ACAC39

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7979

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

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