#BC685C#BC685C

#BC685C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.110 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC685C
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 92)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 32.27, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 38.84, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.0959 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.11 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6230, 21.3674, 12.7927)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC685C #5CB0BC

analogous

#BC5C80 #BC685C #BC985C

triadic

#BC685C #5CBC68 #685CBC

tetradic

#BC685C #80BC5C #5CB0BC #985CBC

square

#BC685C #80BC5C #5CB0BC #985CBC

split-complementary

#BC685C #5CBC98 #5C80BC

monochromatic

#70362E #9B4B40 #BC685C #CE9087 #E0B8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC685C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#BC685C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC685C

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC685C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC685C	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#7C755B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc685c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.110 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4948a',
    500: '#bc685c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc685c;
$custom-light: #d4948a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc685c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61009,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC685C

secondary

#A6C9CE

accent

#C2D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF1F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC685C

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

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