#BC6462#BC6462

#BC6462 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.113 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6462
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 98)
HSL	hsl(1, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 34.98, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 38.94, 26.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.1049 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.113 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5026, 20.6903, 14.0981)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6462 #62BABC

analogous

#BC628D #BC6462 #BC9162

triadic

#BC6462 #62BC64 #6462BC

tetradic

#BC6462 #8DBC62 #62BABC #9162BC

square

#BC6462 #8DBC62 #62BABC #9162BC

split-complementary

#BC6462 #62BC91 #628DBC

monochromatic

#733231 #9E4543 #BC6462 #CE8E8D #E1B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC6462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6462

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6462	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.113 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4928e',
    500: '#bc6462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6462;
$custom-light: #d4928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60483,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6462

secondary

#AACFCF

accent

#CDD058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6462

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

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