#BC6164#BC6164

#BC6164 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.117 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6164
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 100)
HSL	hsl(358, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 36.76, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 39.75, 22.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1106 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.117 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3157, 20.1636, 14.5075)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6164 #61BCB9

analogous

#BC6191 #BC6164 #BC8B61

triadic

#BC6164 #64BC61 #6164BC

tetradic

#BC6164 #91BC61 #61BCB9 #8B61BC

square

#BC6164 #91BC61 #61BCB9 #8B61BC

split-complementary

#BC6164 #61BC8B #6191BC

monochromatic

#723033 #9D4346 #BC6164 #CE8C8E #E0B7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#BC6164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC6164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6164

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6164	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.117 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49090',
    500: '#bc6164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6164;
$custom-light: #d49090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.022,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60051,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6164

secondary

#AACFCE

accent

#D0CC57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6164

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

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