#BC6465#BC6465

#BC6465 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.113 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6465
RGB	rgb(188, 100, 101)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, 35.29, 15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 38.51, 23.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% 0.1061 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.113 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6469, 20.7480, 14.8582)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6465 #64BCBB

analogous

#BC6491 #BC6465 #BC8F64

triadic

#BC6465 #65BC64 #6465BC

tetradic

#BC6465 #91BC64 #64BCBB #8F64BC

square

#BC6465 #91BC64 #64BCBB #8F64BC

split-complementary

#BC6465 #64BC8F #6491BC

monochromatic

#743233 #9E4445 #BC6465 #CE8F8F #E1B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC6465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#BC6465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6465

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6465	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)

#777365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 100, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.113 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49290',
    500: '#bc6465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6465;
$custom-light: #d49290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.318,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6465

secondary

#ACD0D0

accent

#D0CE58

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6465

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

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