#BC797F#BC797F

#BC797F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 13.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC797F
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(355, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 32.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 26.96, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 28.03, 15.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0818 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.084 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4082, 25.9006, 23.4196)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC797F #79BCB6

analogous

#BC79A0 #BC797F #BC9479

triadic

#BC797F #7FBC79 #797FBC

tetradic

#BC797F #A0BC79 #79BCB6 #9479BC

square

#BC797F #A0BC79 #79BCB6 #9479BC

split-complementary

#BC797F #79BC94 #79A0BC

monochromatic

#7C3E44 #A5535A #BC797F #D0A2A6 #E5CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#BC797F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC797F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC797F	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a4',
    500: '#bc797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc797f;
$custom-light: #d2a0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64777,
    "c": 0.08424,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC797F

secondary

#BCD5D3

accent

#ACA239

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F4

border

#D3CCCE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC797F

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

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