#BC6259#BC6259

#BC6259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.117 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6259
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 35.19, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 41.28, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1045 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.117 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.9118, 20.1508, 11.9215)
Luminance	0.2015 (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

#BC6259 #59B3BC

analogous

#BC5982 #BC6259 #BC9459

triadic

#BC6259 #59BC62 #6259BC

tetradic

#BC6259 #82BC59 #59B3BC #9459BC

square

#BC6259 #82BC59 #59B3BC #9459BC

split-complementary

#BC6259 #59BC94 #5982BC

monochromatic

#6E322C #9A463E #BC6259 #CE8B85 #DFB4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC6259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#BC6259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6259

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6259	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#777058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.117 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49088',
    500: '#bc6259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6259;
$custom-light: #d49088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59967,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.20148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6259

secondary

#A3CACD

accent

#C7D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6259

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

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