#BC6B59#BC6B59

#BC6B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.108 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6B59
RGB	rgb(188, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 30.38, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 38.81, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0897 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.108 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8018, 21.9307, 12.2181)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6B59 #59AABC

analogous

#BC5979 #BC6B59 #BC9D59

triadic

#BC6B59 #59BC6B #6B59BC

tetradic

#BC6B59 #79BC59 #59AABC #9D59BC

square

#BC6B59 #79BC59 #59AABC #9D59BC

split-complementary

#BC6B59 #59BC9D #5979BC

monochromatic

#6E382C #9A4F3E #BC6B59 #CE9285 #DFB9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#BC6B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#BC6B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6B59

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6B59	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.108 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49688',
    500: '#bc6b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6b59;
$custom-light: #d49688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61453,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6B59

secondary

#A3C6CD

accent

#BCD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6B59

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

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