#BC6955#BC6955

#BC6955 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.111 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6955
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 31.11, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 40.40, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% 0.0914 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.111 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4322, 21.4532, 11.2887)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6955 #55A8BC

analogous

#BC5574 #BC6955 #BC9C55

triadic

#BC6955 #55BC69 #6955BC

tetradic

#BC6955 #74BC55 #55A8BC #9C55BC

square

#BC6955 #74BC55 #55A8BC #9C55BC

split-complementary

#BC6955 #55BC9C #5574BC

monochromatic

#6C372B #984E3C #BC6955 #CD9081 #DFB6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#BC6955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#BC6955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6955

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6955	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.111 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49585',
    500: '#bc6955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6955;
$custom-light: #d49585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.65,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61039,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6955

secondary

#A0C4CC

accent

#BBD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6955

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

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