#BC6868#BC6868

#BC6868 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.108 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6868
RGB	rgb(188, 104, 104)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 33.47, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 36.65, 24.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% 0.1008 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.108 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1897, 21.5941, 15.7775)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6868 #68BCBC

analogous

#BC6892 #BC6868 #BC9268

triadic

#BC6868 #68BC68 #6868BC

tetradic

#BC6868 #92BC68 #68BCBC #9268BC

square

#BC6868 #92BC68 #68BCBC #9268BC

split-complementary

#BC6868 #68BC92 #6892BC

monochromatic

#753434 #A04747 #BC6868 #CF9292 #E2BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#BC6868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#BC6868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6868

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6868	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 104, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.108 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39493',
    500: '#bc6868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6868;
$custom-light: #d39493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6868

secondary

#AFD1D1

accent

#CECE59

background

#FDF9F9

surface

#FAF2F1

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150D0D

muted

#837E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6868

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

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