#BF797E#BF797E

#BF797E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.088 H 15.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF797E
RGB	rgb(191, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(356, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 34%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 27.98, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 29.32, 17.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0849 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.088 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0903, 26.2598, 23.1131)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF797E #79BFBA

analogous

#BF79A1 #BF797E #BF9779

triadic

#BF797E #7EBF79 #797EBF

tetradic

#BF797E #A1BF79 #79BFBA #9779BF

square

#BF797E #A1BF79 #79BFBA #9779BF

split-complementary

#BF797E #79BF97 #79A1BF

monochromatic

#803D42 #AA5157 #BF797E #D3A2A6 #E7CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#BF797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#BF797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF797E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF797E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97917D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.088 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a0a3',
    500: '#bf797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf797e;
$custom-light: #d4a0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65109,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF797E

secondary

#BDD7D5

accent

#AEA637

background

#FDF9FA

surface

#FAF2F3

border

#D3CCCD

text

#140F0F

muted

#837E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF797E

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

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