#BC6559#BC6559

#BC6559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.114 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6559
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(7, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 33.60, 22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 40.39, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.0996 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.114 29)
XYZ	xyz(27.1978, 20.7228, 12.0168)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6559 #59B0BC

analogous

#BC597F #BC6559 #BC9759

triadic

#BC6559 #59BC65 #6559BC

tetradic

#BC6559 #7FBC59 #59B0BC #9759BC

square

#BC6559 #7FBC59 #59B0BC #9759BC

split-complementary

#BC6559 #59BC97 #597FBC

monochromatic

#6E342C #9A493E #BC6559 #CE8D85 #DFB6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#BC6559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#BC6559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6559

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6559	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#7A7258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.114 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49288',
    500: '#bc6559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6559;
$custom-light: #d49288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60453,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.2072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6559

secondary

#A3C8CD

accent

#C3D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6559

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

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