#BC6957#BC6957

#BC6957 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.110 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6957
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 87)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 31.28, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 39.84, 38.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.0922 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.11 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5128, 21.4854, 11.7131)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6957 #57AABC

analogous

#BC5778 #BC6957 #BC9C57

triadic

#BC6957 #57BC69 #6957BC

tetradic

#BC6957 #78BC57 #57AABC #9C57BC

square

#BC6957 #78BC57 #57AABC #9C57BC

split-complementary

#BC6957 #57BC9C #5778BC

monochromatic

#6D372C #994D3D #BC6957 #CD9083 #DFB7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC6957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC6957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6957

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6957	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.110 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49586',
    500: '#bc6957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6957;
$custom-light: #d49586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.693,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61076,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6957

secondary

#A2C5CD

accent

#BCD355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6957

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

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