#BC685E#BC685E

#BC685E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.109 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC685E
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(6, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 32.46, 20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 38.39, 32.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.0967 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.109 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7115, 21.4029, 13.2593)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC685E #5EB2BC

analogous

#BC5E83 #BC685E #BC975E

triadic

#BC685E #5EBC68 #685EBC

tetradic

#BC685E #83BC5E #5EB2BC #975EBC

square

#BC685E #83BC5E #5EB2BC #975EBC

split-complementary

#BC685E #5EBC97 #5E83BC

monochromatic

#71362F #9C4B41 #BC685E #CE9189 #E0B9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#BC685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#BC685E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC685E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC685E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B755D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.109 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4948b',
    500: '#bc685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc685e;
$custom-light: #d4948b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.383,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61051,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC685E

secondary

#A7CACF

accent

#C4D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2F0

border

#D4CCCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC685E

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

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