#BC6261#BC6261

#BC6261 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6261
RGB	rgb(188, 98, 97)
HSL	hsl(1, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 35.94, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 39.80, 25.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1078 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.116 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2662, 20.2926, 13.7879)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6261 #61BBBC

analogous

#BC618D #BC6261 #BC8F61

triadic

#BC6261 #61BC62 #6261BC

tetradic

#BC6261 #8DBC61 #61BBBC #8F61BC

square

#BC6261 #8DBC61 #61BBBC #8F61BC

split-complementary

#BC6261 #61BC8F #618DBC

monochromatic

#723130 #9D4443 #BC6261 #CE8D8C #E0B7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#BC6261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#BC6261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6261

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6261	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)

#767160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 98, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4908d',
    500: '#bc6261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6261;
$custom-light: #d4908d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.659,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6014,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6261

secondary

#AACFCF

accent

#CFD057

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6261

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

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