#BC797B#BC797B

#BC797B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797B
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(358, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 26.44, 9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 28.21, 20.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0802 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.084 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1527, 25.7984, 22.0739)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797B #79BCBA

analogous

#BC799C #BC797B #BC9879

triadic

#BC797B #7BBC79 #797BBC

tetradic

#BC797B #9CBC79 #79BCBA #9879BC

square

#BC797B #9CBC79 #79BCBA #9879BC

split-complementary

#BC797B #79BC98 #799CBC

monochromatic

#7C3E40 #A55355 #BC797B #D0A2A3 #E5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BC797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#BC797B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96907A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a1',
    500: '#bc797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797b;
$custom-light: #d2a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6467,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797B

secondary

#BCD5D4

accent

#ACA939

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797B

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

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