#BC6E61#BC6E61

#BC6E61 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E61
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 97)
HSL	hsl(9, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 29.51, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 36.00, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.088 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.102 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4744, 22.7089, 14.1906)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E61 #61AFBC

analogous

#BC6181 #BC6E61 #BC9B61

triadic

#BC6E61 #61BC6E #6E61BC

tetradic

#BC6E61 #81BC61 #61AFBC #9B61BC

square

#BC6E61 #81BC61 #61AFBC #9B61BC

split-complementary

#BC6E61 #61BC9B #6181BC

monochromatic

#723A30 #9D5043 #BC6E61 #CE958C #E0BDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#BC6E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#BC6E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E61

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E61	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB626B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3988e',
    500: '#bc6e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e61;
$custom-light: #d3988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62128,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E61

secondary

#AACACF

accent

#BFD057

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E61

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

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