#BC6561#BC6561

#BC6561 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.112 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6561
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(3, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(3, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 34.35, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 38.76, 27.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1029 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.112 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5522, 20.8645, 13.8832)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6561 #61B8BC

analogous

#BC618A #BC6561 #BC9261

triadic

#BC6561 #61BC65 #6561BC

tetradic

#BC6561 #8ABC61 #61B8BC #9261BC

square

#BC6561 #8ABC61 #61B8BC #9261BC

split-complementary

#BC6561 #61BC92 #618ABC

monochromatic

#723330 #9D4743 #BC6561 #CE8F8C #E0B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6561

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6561	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)

#787360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.112 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4928d',
    500: '#bc6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6561;
$custom-light: #d4928d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.637,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60623,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6561

secondary

#AACECF

accent

#CBD057

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6561

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

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