#BC797A#BC797A

#BC797A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.084 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797A
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 26.31, 10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 28.28, 21.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0798 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.084 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0904, 25.7735, 21.7459)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797A #79BCBB

analogous

#BC799B #BC797A #BC9979

triadic

#BC797A #7ABC79 #797ABC

tetradic

#BC797A #9BBC79 #79BCBB #9979BC

square

#BC797A #9BBC79 #79BCBB #9979BC

split-complementary

#BC797A #79BC99 #799BBC

monochromatic

#7C3E3F #A55354 #BC797A #D0A2A2 #E5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BC797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#BC797A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797A	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)

#86837A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.084 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a0',
    500: '#bc797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797a;
$custom-light: #d2a0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797A

secondary

#BCD5D5

accent

#ACAA39

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797A

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

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