#BC6256#BC6256

#BC6256 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.118 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6256
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 34.93, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 41.96, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1033 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.118 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7884, 20.1015, 11.2715)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6256 #56B0BC

analogous

#BC567D #BC6256 #BC9556

triadic

#BC6256 #56BC62 #6256BC

tetradic

#BC6256 #7DBC56 #56B0BC #9556BC

square

#BC6256 #7DBC56 #56B0BC #9556BC

split-complementary

#BC6256 #56BC95 #567DBC

monochromatic

#6D332B #98473C #BC6256 #CD8B82 #DFB3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC6256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC6256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6256

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6256	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)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.118 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49085',
    500: '#bc6256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6256;
$custom-light: #d49085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59906,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6256

secondary

#A1C8CD

accent

#C4D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6256

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

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