#BC7983#BC7983

#BC7983 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 9.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7983
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 131)
HSL	hsl(351, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(351, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 27.50, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 28.04, 11.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0834 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.085 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6741, 26.0070, 24.8199)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7983 #79BCB2

analogous

#BC79A4 #BC7983 #BC9079

triadic

#BC7983 #83BC79 #7983BC

tetradic

#BC7983 #A4BC79 #79BCB2 #9079BC

square

#BC7983 #A4BC79 #79BCB2 #9079BC

split-complementary

#BC7983 #79BC90 #79A4BC

monochromatic

#7C3E47 #A5535F #BC7983 #D0A2A9 #E5CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#BC7983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#BC7983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7983

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7983	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a0a7',
    500: '#bc7983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7983;
$custom-light: #d2a0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.045,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64888,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7983

secondary

#BCD5D1

accent

#AC9B39

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F4

border

#D3CCCE

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7983

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

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