#BC6E55#BC6E55

#BC6E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.106 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E55
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(15, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 28.40, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 39.33, 43.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0831 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.106 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9566, 22.5018, 11.4635)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E55 #55A3BC

analogous

#BC556F #BC6E55 #BCA155

triadic

#BC6E55 #55BC6E #6E55BC

tetradic

#BC6E55 #6FBC55 #55A3BC #A155BC

square

#BC6E55 #6FBC55 #55A3BC #A155BC

split-complementary

#BC6E55 #55BCA1 #556FBC

monochromatic

#6C3A2B #98523C #BC6E55 #CD9381 #DFB9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#BC6E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#BC6E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E55

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E55	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.106 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49885',
    500: '#bc6e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e55;
$custom-light: #d49885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.563,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61892,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E55

secondary

#A0C2CC

accent

#B4D355

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E55

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

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