#BC6162#BC6162

#BC6162 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.117 H 20.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6162
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 98)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 36.56, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 40.01, 23.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1098 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.117 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2201, 20.1254, 14.0040)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6162 #61BCBB

analogous

#BC618F #BC6162 #BC8D61

triadic

#BC6162 #62BC61 #6162BC

tetradic

#BC6162 #8FBC61 #61BCBB #8D61BC

square

#BC6162 #8FBC61 #61BCBB #8D61BC

split-complementary

#BC6162 #61BC8D #618FBC

monochromatic

#723031 #9D4344 #BC6162 #CE8C8D #E0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC6162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC6162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6162

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6162	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.117 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4908e',
    500: '#bc6162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6162;
$custom-light: #d4908e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.341,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60004,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6162

secondary

#AACFCF

accent

#D0CF57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6162

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

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