#BC6464#BC6464

#BC6464 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.113 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6464
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 100)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 35.18, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 38.65, 24.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1057 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.113 21)
XYZ	xyz(27.5982, 20.7285, 14.6017)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6464 #64BCBC

analogous

#BC6490 #BC6464 #BC9064

triadic

#BC6464 #64BC64 #6464BC

tetradic

#BC6464 #90BC64 #64BCBC #9064BC

square

#BC6464 #90BC64 #64BCBC #9064BC

split-complementary

#BC6464 #64BC90 #6490BC

monochromatic

#743232 #9E4444 #BC6464 #CE8F8F #E1B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC6464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC6464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6464

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6464	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.113 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49290',
    500: '#bc6464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6464;
$custom-light: #d49290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.20726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6464

secondary

#ACD0D0

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6464

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

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