#BD7979#BD7979

#BD7979 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.086 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7979
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 26.57, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 28.80, 22.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0806 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.086 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2760, 25.8764, 21.4328)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7979 #79BDBD

analogous

#BD799B #BD7979 #BD9B79

triadic

#BD7979 #79BD79 #7979BD

tetradic

#BD7979 #9BBD79 #79BDBD #9B79BD

square

#BD7979 #9BBD79 #79BDBD #9B79BD

split-complementary

#BD7979 #79BD9B #799BBD

monochromatic

#7E3E3E #A75252 #BD7979 #D1A2A2 #E5CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BD7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#BD7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7979

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7979	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.086 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a09f',
    500: '#bd7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7979;
$custom-light: #d3a09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64738,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7979

secondary

#BCD6D6

accent

#ADAD39

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7979

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

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