#BC6255#BC6255

#BC6255 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.118 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6255
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 34.84, 23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 42.20, 34.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1029 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.118 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7484, 20.0855, 11.0608)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6255 #55AFBC

analogous

#BC557B #BC6255 #BC9555

triadic

#BC6255 #55BC62 #6255BC

tetradic

#BC6255 #7BBC55 #55AFBC #9555BC

square

#BC6255 #7BBC55 #55AFBC #9555BC

split-complementary

#BC6255 #55BC95 #557BBC

monochromatic

#6C332B #98473C #BC6255 #CD8B81 #DFB3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#BC6255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC6255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6255

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6255	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#787054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.118 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49085',
    500: '#bc6255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6255;
$custom-light: #d49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.573,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59887,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6255

secondary

#A0C7CC

accent

#C3D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6255

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

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