#BC6D59#BC6D59

#BC6D59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.106 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6D59
RGB	rgb(188, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 29.30, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 38.34, 40.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.0864 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.106 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0127, 22.3526, 12.2885)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6D59 #59A8BC

analogous

#BC5977 #BC6D59 #BC9F59

triadic

#BC6D59 #59BC6D #6D59BC

tetradic

#BC6D59 #77BC59 #59A8BC #9F59BC

square

#BC6D59 #77BC59 #59A8BC #9F59BC

split-complementary

#BC6D59 #59BC9F #5977BC

monochromatic

#6E3A2C #9A513E #BC6D59 #CE9385 #DFBAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#BC6D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#BC6D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6D59

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6D59	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.106 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49888',
    500: '#bc6d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6d59;
$custom-light: #d49888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61794,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6D59

secondary

#A3C5CD

accent

#B9D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6D59

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

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