#BC6656#BC6656

#BC6656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.114 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6656
RGB	rgb(188, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 32.80, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 40.87, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0968 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.114 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1721, 20.8688, 11.3994)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6656 #56ACBC

analogous

#BC5679 #BC6656 #BC9956

triadic

#BC6656 #56BC66 #6656BC

tetradic

#BC6656 #79BC56 #56ACBC #9956BC

square

#BC6656 #79BC56 #56ACBC #9956BC

split-complementary

#BC6656 #56BC99 #5679BC

monochromatic

#6D352B #984B3C #BC6656 #CD8E82 #DFB5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#BC6656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#BC6656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6656

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6656	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)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.114 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49385',
    500: '#bc6656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6656;
$custom-light: #d49385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60558,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6656

secondary

#A1C6CD

accent

#BFD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6656

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

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