#BC797C#BC797C

#BC797C is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 16.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797C
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 34%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 26.57, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 28.14, 19.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.0806 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.084 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2156, 25.8236, 22.4052)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797C #79BCB9

analogous

#BC799D #BC797C #BC9779

triadic

#BC797C #7CBC79 #797CBC

tetradic

#BC797C #9DBC79 #79BCB9 #9779BC

square

#BC797C #9DBC79 #79BCB9 #9779BC

split-complementary

#BC797C #79BC97 #799DBC

monochromatic

#7C3E41 #A55356 #BC797C #D0A2A4 #E5CBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#BC797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#BC797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797C	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)

#86837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96907B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a1',
    500: '#bc797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797c;
$custom-light: #d2a0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.313,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64696,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797C

secondary

#BCD5D4

accent

#ACA739

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797C

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

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