#BC6B51#BC6B51

#BC6B51 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.111 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B51
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 81)
HSL	hsl(15, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 29.70, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 41.18, 43.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0865 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.111 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4839, 21.8036, 10.5441)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B51 #51A2BC

analogous

#BC516D #BC6B51 #BCA051

triadic

#BC6B51 #51BC6B #6B51BC

tetradic

#BC6B51 #6DBC51 #51A2BC #A051BC

square

#BC6B51 #6DBC51 #51A2BC #A051BC

split-complementary

#BC6B51 #51BCA0 #516DBC

monochromatic

#6A3929 #96503A #BC6B51 #CD917D #DEB6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#BC6B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#BC6B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B51

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B51	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80764F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.111 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49682',
    500: '#bc6b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b51;
$custom-light: #d49682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.579,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B51

secondary

#9DC0CC

accent

#B5D454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2EE

border

#D4CCC9

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B51

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

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