#BE797D#BE797D

#BE797D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.087 H 16.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE797D
RGB	rgb(190, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 34.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 27.47, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 28.94, 18.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0833 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.087 16)
XYZ	xyz(31.7754, 26.1049, 22.7632)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE797D #79BEBA

analogous

#BE799F #BE797D #BE9779

triadic

#BE797D #7DBE79 #797DBE

tetradic

#BE797D #9FBE79 #79BEBA #9779BE

square

#BE797D #9FBE79 #79BEBA #9779BE

split-complementary

#BE797D #79BE97 #799FBE

monochromatic

#7F3E41 #A85257 #BE797D #D2A2A5 #E6CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BE797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#BE797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE797D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE797D	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96917C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.087 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a0a2',
    500: '#be797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be797d;
$custom-light: #d3a0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64962,
    "c": 0.08666,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.26103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE797D

secondary

#BCD6D5

accent

#AEA738

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F2

border

#D3CCCC

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE797D

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

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