#BC6A55#BC6A55

#BC6A55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.110 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6A55
RGB	rgb(188, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 30.57, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 40.17, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% 0.0898 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.11 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5347, 21.6581, 11.3229)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6A55 #55A7BC

analogous

#BC5573 #BC6A55 #BC9D55

triadic

#BC6A55 #55BC6A #6A55BC

tetradic

#BC6A55 #73BC55 #55A7BC #9D55BC

square

#BC6A55 #73BC55 #55A7BC #9D55BC

split-complementary

#BC6A55 #55BC9D #5573BC

monochromatic

#6C382B #984F3C #BC6A55 #CD9081 #DFB7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#BC6A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#BC6A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6A55

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6A55	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)

#7E7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.110 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49685',
    500: '#bc6a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6a55;
$custom-light: #d49685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.233,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61207,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6A55

secondary

#A0C3CC

accent

#B9D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6A55

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

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