#BC616C#BC616C

#BC616C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.117 H 13.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC616C
RGB	rgb(188, 97, 108)
HSL	hsl(353, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(353, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.4%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 37.61, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 39.08, 15.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.1138 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.117 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7221, 20.3262, 16.6478)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC616C #61BCB1

analogous

#BC6199 #BC616C #BC8361

triadic

#BC616C #6CBC61 #616CBC

tetradic

#BC616C #99BC61 #61BCB1 #8361BC

square

#BC616C #99BC61 #61BCB1 #8361BC

split-complementary

#BC616C #61BC83 #6199BC

monochromatic

#723038 #9D434E #BC616C #CE8C94 #E0B7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC616C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC616C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC616C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC616C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC616C	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73716C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A836A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc616c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 97, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.117 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39096',
    500: '#bc616c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc616c;
$custom-light: #d39096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc616c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.747,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60249,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC616C

secondary

#AACFCB

accent

#D0C257

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF1F1

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC616C

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

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