#BD797E#BD797E

#BD797E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.085 H 14.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD797E
RGBrgb(189, 121, 126)
HSLhsl(356, 34%, 61%)
HSVhsv(356, 36%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.04, 27.21, 8.39)
CIE-LCHlch(58.04, 28.47, 17.13°)
OKLaboklab(64.87% 0.0826 0.022)
OKLCHoklch(64.87% 0.085 14.9)
XYZxyz(31.5906, 26.0022, 23.0897)
Luminance0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD797E #79BDB8
analogous
#BD79A0 #BD797E #BD9679
triadic
#BD797E #7EBD79 #797EBD
tetradic
#BD797E #A0BD79 #79BDB8 #9679BD
square
#BD797E #A0BD79 #79BDB8 #9679BD
split-complementary
#BD797E #79BD96 #79A0BD
monochromatic
#7E3E43 #A75258 #BD797E #D1A2A5 #E5CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39
#BD797E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20
#BD797E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD797E
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD797E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD797E1.003.396.206.20
#FFFFFF3.391.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2021.001.001.00
##0000006.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#85847E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96907D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C9727B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.085 14.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a0a3',
    500: '#bd797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd797e;
$custom-light: #d3a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64869,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD797E
secondary
#BCD6D4
accent
#ADA439
background
#FDF9FA
surface
#FAF2F3
border
#D3CCCD
text
#140F0F
muted
#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD797E

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#BD797E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva