#BC7980#BC7980

#BC7980 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.084 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7980
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 128)
HSL	hsl(354, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(354, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 27.09, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 28.01, 14.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0822 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.084 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4737, 25.9268, 23.7646)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7980 #79BCB5

analogous

#BC79A1 #BC7980 #BC9379

triadic

#BC7980 #80BC79 #7980BC

tetradic

#BC7980 #A1BC79 #79BCB5 #9379BC

square

#BC7980 #A1BC79 #79BCB5 #9379BC

split-complementary

#BC7980 #79BC93 #79A1BC

monochromatic

#7C3E45 #A5535B #BC7980 #D0A2A7 #E5CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BC7980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#BC7980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7980

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7980	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)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8737C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.084 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a4',
    500: '#bc7980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7980;
$custom-light: #d2a0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.731,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64804,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7980

secondary

#BCD5D2

accent

#ACA039

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F4

border

#D3CCCE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7980

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

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