#BC6560#BC6560

#BC6560 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.112 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6560
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 96)
HSL	hsl(3, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 34.26, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 38.94, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.1025 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.112 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5058, 20.8460, 13.6392)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6560 #60B7BC

analogous

#BC6089 #BC6560 #BC9360

triadic

#BC6560 #60BC65 #6560BC

tetradic

#BC6560 #89BC60 #60B7BC #9360BC

square

#BC6560 #89BC60 #60B7BC #9360BC

split-complementary

#BC6560 #60BC93 #6089BC

monochromatic

#723330 #9D4742 #BC6560 #CE8F8B #E0B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6560

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6560	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.112 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4928d',
    500: '#bc6560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6560;
$custom-light: #d4928d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.261,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.606,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6560

secondary

#A9CDCF

accent

#CAD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6560

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

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