#BC6565#BC6565

#BC6565 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6565
RGB	rgb(188, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 34.76, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 38.15, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1045 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.112 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7434, 20.9410, 14.8903)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6565 #65BCBC

analogous

#BC6591 #BC6565 #BC9165

triadic

#BC6565 #65BC65 #6565BC

tetradic

#BC6565 #91BC65 #65BCBC #9165BC

square

#BC6565 #91BC65 #65BCBC #9165BC

split-complementary

#BC6565 #65BC91 #6591BC

monochromatic

#743333 #9F4545 #BC6565 #CF9090 #E1BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#BC6565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#BC6565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6565

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6565	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49290',
    500: '#bc6565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6565;
$custom-light: #d49290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6565

secondary

#ADD0D0

accent

#CFCF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6565

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

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