#BC797D#BC797D

#BC797D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.084 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797D
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 26.70, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 28.09, 18.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.081 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.084 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2792, 25.8490, 22.7400)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797D #79BCB8

analogous

#BC799E #BC797D #BC9679

triadic

#BC797D #7DBC79 #797DBC

tetradic

#BC797D #9EBC79 #79BCB8 #9679BC

square

#BC797D #9EBC79 #79BCB8 #9679BC

split-complementary

#BC797D #79BC96 #799EBC

monochromatic

#7C3E42 #A55358 #BC797D #D0A2A5 #E5CBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#BC797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.084 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a2',
    500: '#bc797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797d;
$custom-light: #d2a0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64723,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797D

secondary

#BCD5D4

accent

#ACA539

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797D

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

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