#BC6151#BC6151

#BC6151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.120 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6151
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(9, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 35.04, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 43.49, 36.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1029 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.12 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5010, 19.8377, 10.2164)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6151 #51ACBC

analogous

#BC5176 #BC6151 #BC9651

triadic

#BC6151 #51BC61 #6151BC

tetradic

#BC6151 #76BC51 #51ACBC #9651BC

square

#BC6151 #76BC51 #51ACBC #9651BC

split-complementary

#BC6151 #51BC96 #5176BC

monochromatic

#6A3229 #96483A #BC6151 #CD897D #DEB1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC6151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BC6151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6151

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6151	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.120 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59082',
    500: '#bc6151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6151;
$custom-light: #d59082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.972,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5965,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6151

secondary

#9DC5CC

accent

#C1D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6151

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

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