#BC6451#BC6451

#BC6451 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.117 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6451
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 33.45, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 42.73, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.0981 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.117 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7834, 20.4026, 10.3106)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6451 #51A9BC

analogous

#BC5174 #BC6451 #BC9951

triadic

#BC6451 #51BC64 #6451BC

tetradic

#BC6451 #74BC51 #51A9BC #9951BC

square

#BC6451 #74BC51 #51A9BC #9951BC

split-complementary

#BC6451 #51BC99 #5174BC

monochromatic

#6A3429 #964A3A #BC6451 #CD8B7D #DEB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BC6451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BC6451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6451

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6451	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.117 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59282',
    500: '#bc6451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6451;
$custom-light: #d59282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.654,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60135,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6451

secondary

#9DC3CC

accent

#BDD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6451

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

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