#BC6459#BC6459

#BC6459 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.115 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6459
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 34.13, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 40.68, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1013 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.115 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1013, 20.5298, 11.9846)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6459 #59B1BC

analogous

#BC5980 #BC6459 #BC9659

triadic

#BC6459 #59BC64 #6459BC

tetradic

#BC6459 #80BC59 #59B1BC #9659BC

square

#BC6459 #80BC59 #59B1BC #9659BC

split-complementary

#BC6459 #59BC96 #5980BC

monochromatic

#6E342C #9A483E #BC6459 #CE8D85 #DFB5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC6459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#BC6459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6459

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6459	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.115 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49288',
    500: '#bc6459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6459;
$custom-light: #d49288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60289,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6459

secondary

#A3C9CD

accent

#C4D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6459

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

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