#BC6550#BC6550

#BC6550 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6550
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 32.84, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 42.77, 39.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.096 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.117 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8427, 20.5808, 10.1467)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6550 #50A7BC

analogous

#BC5071 #BC6550 #BC9B50

triadic

#BC6550 #50BC65 #6550BC

tetradic

#BC6550 #71BC50 #50A7BC #9B50BC

square

#BC6550 #71BC50 #50A7BC #9B50BC

split-complementary

#BC6550 #50BC9B #5071BC

monochromatic

#693528 #964B39 #BC6550 #CD8C7C #DEB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#BC6550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BC6550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6550

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6550	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59281',
    500: '#bc6550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6550;
$custom-light: #d59281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60281,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6550

secondary

#9CC2CB

accent

#BBD453

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6550

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

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