#BC6859#BC6859

#BC6859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.111 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6859
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(9, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 32.00, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 39.57, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.0947 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.111 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4944, 21.3160, 12.1157)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6859 #59ADBC

analogous

#BC597C #BC6859 #BC9A59

triadic

#BC6859 #59BC68 #6859BC

tetradic

#BC6859 #7CBC59 #59ADBC #9A59BC

square

#BC6859 #7CBC59 #59ADBC #9A59BC

split-complementary

#BC6859 #59BC9A #597CBC

monochromatic

#6E362C #9A4C3E #BC6859 #CE9085 #DFB7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BC6859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#BC6859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6859

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6859	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.111 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49488',
    500: '#bc6859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6859;
$custom-light: #d49488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60948,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6859

secondary

#A3C7CD

accent

#BFD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6859

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

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