#BC6E5A#BC6E5A

#BC6E5A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.104 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E5A
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 90)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 28.85, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 37.83, 40.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.0851 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.104 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1623, 22.5841, 12.5469)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E5A #5AA8BC

analogous

#BC5A77 #BC6E5A #BC9F5A

triadic

#BC6E5A #5ABC6E #6E5ABC

tetradic

#BC6E5A #77BC5A #5AA8BC #9F5ABC

square

#BC6E5A #77BC5A #5AA8BC #9F5ABC

split-complementary

#BC6E5A #5ABC9F #5A77BC

monochromatic

#6F3A2D #9A513F #BC6E5A #CE9486 #DFBBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#BC6E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#BC6E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E5A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E5A	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.104 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49889',
    500: '#bc6e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e5a;
$custom-light: #d49889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61986,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E5A

secondary

#A4C5CE

accent

#B9D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2F0

border

#D4CCCB

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E5A

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

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