#BC797E#BC797E

#BC797E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797E
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 26.83, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 28.05, 16.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.0814 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.084 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3434, 25.8747, 23.0781)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797E #79BCB7

analogous

#BC799F #BC797E #BC9579

triadic

#BC797E #7EBC79 #797EBC

tetradic

#BC797E #9FBC79 #79BCB7 #9579BC

square

#BC797E #9FBC79 #79BCB7 #9579BC

split-complementary

#BC797E #79BC95 #799FBC

monochromatic

#7C3E43 #A55359 #BC797E #D0A2A5 #E5CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#BC797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797E	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)

#85837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a3',
    500: '#bc797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797e;
$custom-light: #d2a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6475,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797E

secondary

#BCD5D3

accent

#ACA439

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F3

border

#D3CCCD

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797E

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

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