#BC6960#BC6960

#BC6960 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.108 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6960
RGB	rgb(188, 105, 96)
HSL	hsl(6, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(6, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 32.12, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 37.67, 31.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0959 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.108 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9037, 21.6417, 13.7718)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6960 #60B3BC

analogous

#BC6085 #BC6960 #BC9760

triadic

#BC6960 #60BC69 #6960BC

tetradic

#BC6960 #85BC60 #60B3BC #9760BC

square

#BC6960 #85BC60 #60B3BC #9760BC

split-complementary

#BC6960 #60BC97 #6085BC

monochromatic

#723630 #9D4B42 #BC6960 #CE928B #E0BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC6960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BC6960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6960

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6960	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C765F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90875F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 105, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.108 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4958d',
    500: '#bc6960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6960;
$custom-light: #d4958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6126,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6960

secondary

#A9CBCF

accent

#C5D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150D0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6960

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

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