#BC6557#BC6557

#BC6557 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.114 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6557
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 87)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, 33.42, 23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 40.88, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0988 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.114 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1149, 20.6897, 11.5805)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6557 #57AEBC

analogous

#BC577C #BC6557 #BC9857

triadic

#BC6557 #57BC65 #6557BC

tetradic

#BC6557 #7CBC57 #57AEBC #9857BC

square

#BC6557 #7CBC57 #57AEBC #9857BC

split-complementary

#BC6557 #57BC98 #577CBC

monochromatic

#6D352C #994A3D #BC6557 #CD8D83 #DFB5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#BC6557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC6557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6557

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6557	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.114 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49286',
    500: '#bc6557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6557;
$custom-light: #d49286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.317,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60413,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6557

secondary

#A2C7CD

accent

#C1D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6557

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

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