#BC6853#BC6853

#BC6853 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.113 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6853
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 83)
HSL	hsl(12, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 31.48, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 41.21, 40.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0923 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.113 35)
XYZ	xyz(27.2527, 21.2193, 10.8424)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6853 #53A7BC

analogous

#BC5372 #BC6853 #BC9C53

triadic

#BC6853 #53BC68 #6853BC

tetradic

#BC6853 #72BC53 #53A7BC #9C53BC

square

#BC6853 #72BC53 #53A7BC #9C53BC

split-complementary

#BC6853 #53BC9C #5372BC

monochromatic

#6B372A #974D3B #BC6853 #CD8F7F #DEB5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BC6853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BC6853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6853

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6853	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.113 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49483',
    500: '#bc6853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6853;
$custom-light: #d49483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60834,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.21217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6853

secondary

#9FC3CC

accent

#BAD454

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6853

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

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