#BC7F79#BC7F79

#BC7F79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.077 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC7F79
RGB	rgb(188, 127, 121)
HSL	hsl(5, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 22.87, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 26.25, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0694 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.077 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7807, 27.2528, 21.6719)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC7F79 #79B6BC

analogous

#BC7994 #BC7F79 #BCA079

triadic

#BC7F79 #79BC7F #7F79BC

tetradic

#BC7F79 #94BC79 #79B6BC #A079BC

square

#BC7F79 #94BC79 #79B6BC #A079BC

split-complementary

#BC7F79 #79BCA0 #7994BC

monochromatic

#7C443E #A55A53 #BC7F79 #D0A6A2 #E5CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BC7F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BC7F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC7F79

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC7F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC7F79	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc7f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 127, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.077 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a49f',
    500: '#bc7f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc7f79;
$custom-light: #d2a49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc7f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65703,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC7F79

secondary

#BCD3D5

accent

#A2AC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC7F79

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

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