#BC685B#BC685B

#BC685B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.110 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC685B
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 91)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 32.18, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 39.08, 34.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% 0.0955 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.11 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5795, 21.3501, 12.5640)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC685B #5BAFBC

analogous

#BC5B7F #BC685B #BC985B

triadic

#BC685B #5BBC68 #685BBC

tetradic

#BC685B #7FBC5B #5BAFBC #985BBC

square

#BC685B #7FBC5B #5BAFBC #985BBC

split-complementary

#BC685B #5BBC98 #5B7FBC

monochromatic

#6F362D #9B4B3F #BC685B #CE9086 #E0B8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#BC685B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC685B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC685B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC685B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC685B	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C755A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc685b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.110 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49489',
    500: '#bc685b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc685b;
$custom-light: #d49489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc685b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.041,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60988,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC685B

secondary

#A5C8CE

accent

#C1D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC685B

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

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