#BC6555#BC6555

#BC6555 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.115 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6555
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 33.25, 24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 41.39, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.098 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.115 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0344, 20.6574, 11.1561)
Luminance	0.2066 (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

#BC6555 #55ACBC

analogous

#BC5578 #BC6555 #BC9855

triadic

#BC6555 #55BC65 #6555BC

tetradic

#BC6555 #78BC55 #55ACBC #9855BC

square

#BC6555 #78BC55 #55ACBC #9855BC

split-complementary

#BC6555 #55BC98 #5578BC

monochromatic

#6C352B #984A3C #BC6555 #CD8D81 #DFB5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC6555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6555

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6555	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.115 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49285',
    500: '#bc6555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6555;
$custom-light: #d49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.32,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60374,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6555

secondary

#A0C6CC

accent

#C0D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6555

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

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