#BC6562#BC6562

#BC6562 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.112 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6562
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 98)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 34.45, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 38.60, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.1033 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.112 23)
XYZ	xyz(27.5991, 20.8833, 14.1303)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6562 #62B9BC

analogous

#BC628C #BC6562 #BC9262

triadic

#BC6562 #62BC65 #6562BC

tetradic

#BC6562 #8CBC62 #62B9BC #9262BC

square

#BC6562 #8CBC62 #62B9BC #9262BC

split-complementary

#BC6562 #62BC92 #628CBC

monochromatic

#733331 #9E4643 #BC6562 #CE8F8D #E1B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#BC6562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6562

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6562	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.112 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4928e',
    500: '#bc6562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6562;
$custom-light: #d4928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.20881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6562

secondary

#AACECF

accent

#CCD058

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6562

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

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