#BC6461#BC6461

#BC6461 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6461
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 34.88, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 39.10, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1045 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.114 23)
XYZ	xyz(27.4557, 20.6715, 13.8510)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6461 #61B9BC

analogous

#BC618B #BC6461 #BC9161

triadic

#BC6461 #61BC64 #6461BC

tetradic

#BC6461 #8BBC61 #61B9BC #9161BC

square

#BC6461 #8BBC61 #61B9BC #9161BC

split-complementary

#BC6461 #61BC91 #618BBC

monochromatic

#723330 #9D4643 #BC6461 #CE8E8C #E0B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC6461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6461

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6461	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4928d',
    500: '#bc6461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6461;
$custom-light: #d4928d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.978,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6046,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.20669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6461

secondary

#AACECF

accent

#CCD057

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6461

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

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