#BC6359#BC6359

#BC6359 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.116 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6359
RGB	rgb(188, 99, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 34.66, 21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 40.98, 32.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1029 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.116 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0060, 20.3391, 11.9529)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6359 #59B2BC

analogous

#BC5981 #BC6359 #BC9559

triadic

#BC6359 #59BC63 #6359BC

tetradic

#BC6359 #81BC59 #59B2BC #9559BC

square

#BC6359 #81BC59 #59B2BC #9559BC

split-complementary

#BC6359 #59BC95 #5981BC

monochromatic

#6E332C #9A473E #BC6359 #CE8C85 #DFB5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#BC6359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#BC6359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6359

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6359	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 99, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.116 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49188',
    500: '#bc6359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6359;
$custom-light: #d49188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.061,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60127,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6359

secondary

#A3C9CD

accent

#C6D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6359

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

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