#BC8979#BC8979

#BC8979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.067 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC8979
RGBrgb(188, 137, 121)
HSLhsl(14, 33%, 61%)
HSVhsv(14, 36%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.1%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.62, 17.32, 16.26)
CIE-LCHlch(61.62, 23.75, 43.18°)
OKLaboklab(67.57% 0.0528 0.0415)
OKLCHoklch(67.57% 0.067 38.1)
XYZxyz(33.1369, 29.9652, 22.1239)
Luminance0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC8979 #79ACBC
analogous
#BC798A #BC8979 #BCAA79
triadic
#BC8979 #79BC89 #8979BC
tetradic
#BC8979 #8ABC79 #79ACBC #AA79BC
square
#BC8979 #8ABC79 #79ACBC #AA79BC
split-complementary
#BC8979 #79BCAA #798ABC
monochromatic
#7C4D3E #A56653 #BC8979 #D0ADA2 #E5D1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#BC8979 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#BC8979 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8979
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC8979#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC89791.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#958F78
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19979
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C88285
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.067 38.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab9f',
    500: '#bc8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc8979;
$custom-light: #d1ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67571,
    "c": 0.06718,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC8979
secondary
#BCCFD5
accent
#91AC39
background
#FDFAF9
surface
#FAF4F2
border
#D3CECC
text
#14100E
muted
#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8979

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#BC8979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva