#BC6856#BC6856

#BC6856 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.112 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6856
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 86)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 31.73, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 40.36, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.0935 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.112 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3710, 21.2667, 11.4657)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6856 #56AABC

analogous

#BC5677 #BC6856 #BC9B56

triadic

#BC6856 #56BC68 #6856BC

tetradic

#BC6856 #77BC56 #56AABC #9B56BC

square

#BC6856 #77BC56 #56AABC #9B56BC

split-complementary

#BC6856 #56BC9B #5677BC

monochromatic

#6D372B #984D3C #BC6856 #CD8F82 #DFB6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#BC6856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#BC6856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6856

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6856	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.112 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49486',
    500: '#bc6856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6856;
$custom-light: #d49486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6856

secondary

#A1C5CD

accent

#BDD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6856

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

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