#BC6551#BC6551

#BC6551 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.116 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6551
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 32.92, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 42.48, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0964 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.116 34)
XYZ	xyz(26.8799, 20.5956, 10.3428)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6551 #51A8BC

analogous

#BC5172 #BC6551 #BC9A51

triadic

#BC6551 #51BC65 #6551BC

tetradic

#BC6551 #72BC51 #51A8BC #9A51BC

square

#BC6551 #72BC51 #51A8BC #9A51BC

split-complementary

#BC6551 #51BC9A #5172BC

monochromatic

#6A3529 #964B3A #BC6551 #CD8C7D #DEB3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#BC6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#BC6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6551

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6551	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	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)

#7B724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.116 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59282',
    500: '#bc6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6551;
$custom-light: #d59282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.215,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60299,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.20593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6551

secondary

#9DC3CC

accent

#BCD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6551

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

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