#BC6959#BC6959

#BC6959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.110 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6959
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(10, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(10, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, 31.46, 23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 39.31, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.093 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.11 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5957, 21.5185, 12.1494)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6959 #59ACBC

analogous

#BC597B #BC6959 #BC9B59

triadic

#BC6959 #59BC69 #6959BC

tetradic

#BC6959 #7BBC59 #59ACBC #9B59BC

square

#BC6959 #7BBC59 #59ACBC #9B59BC

split-complementary

#BC6959 #59BC9B #597BBC

monochromatic

#6E372C #9A4D3E #BC6959 #CE9085 #DFB8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#BC6959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#BC6959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6959

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6959	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)

#7D7557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.110 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49588',
    500: '#bc6959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6959;
$custom-light: #d49588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.697,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61115,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6959

secondary

#A3C7CD

accent

#BED256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6959

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

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