#BC6556#BC6556

#BC6556 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.115 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6556
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 33.34, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 41.13, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.0984 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.115 31)
XYZ	xyz(27.0744, 20.6734, 11.3668)
Luminance	0.2067 (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

#BC6556 #56ADBC

analogous

#BC567A #BC6556 #BC9856

triadic

#BC6556 #56BC65 #6556BC

tetradic

#BC6556 #7ABC56 #56ADBC #9856BC

square

#BC6556 #7ABC56 #56ADBC #9856BC

split-complementary

#BC6556 #56BC98 #567ABC

monochromatic

#6D352B #984A3C #BC6556 #CD8D82 #DFB5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#BC6556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6556

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6556	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)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.115 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49285',
    500: '#bc6556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6556;
$custom-light: #d49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60393,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.20671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6556

secondary

#A1C6CD

accent

#C0D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6556

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

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