#BC6156#BC6156

#BC6156 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.119 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6156
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 35.45, 22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 42.25, 32.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.105 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.119 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6954, 19.9155, 11.2405)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6156 #56B1BC

analogous

#BC567E #BC6156 #BC9456

triadic

#BC6156 #56BC61 #6156BC

tetradic

#BC6156 #7EBC56 #56B1BC #9456BC

square

#BC6156 #7EBC56 #56B1BC #9456BC

split-complementary

#BC6156 #56BC94 #567EBC

monochromatic

#6D322B #98463C #BC6156 #CD8A82 #DFB3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC6156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC6156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6156

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6156	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC535F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.119 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49085',
    500: '#bc6156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6156;
$custom-light: #d49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59746,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6156

secondary

#A1C8CD

accent

#C5D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6156

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

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