#BC6159#BC6159

#BC6159 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.119 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6159
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 35.72, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 41.58, 30.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% 0.1062 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.119 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8188, 19.9649, 11.8905)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6159 #59B4BC

analogous

#BC5983 #BC6159 #BC9259

triadic

#BC6159 #59BC61 #6159BC

tetradic

#BC6159 #83BC59 #59B4BC #9259BC

square

#BC6159 #83BC59 #59B4BC #9259BC

split-complementary

#BC6159 #59BC92 #5983BC

monochromatic

#6E322C #9A453E #BC6159 #CE8B85 #DFB4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC6159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BC6159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6159

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6159	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC535F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.119 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49088',
    500: '#bc6159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6159;
$custom-light: #d49088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.848,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59807,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6159

secondary

#A3CACD

accent

#C8D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6159

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

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