#BC6E65#BC6E65

#BC6E65 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.101 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6E65
RGB	rgb(188, 110, 101)
HSL	hsl(6, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(6, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 29.92, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 35.13, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0896 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.101 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6656, 22.7854, 15.1977)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6E65 #65B3BC

analogous

#BC6588 #BC6E65 #BC9A65

triadic

#BC6E65 #65BC6E #6E65BC

tetradic

#BC6E65 #88BC65 #65B3BC #9A65BC

square

#BC6E65 #88BC65 #65B3BC #9A65BC

split-complementary

#BC6E65 #65BC9A #6588BC

monochromatic

#743933 #9F4E45 #BC6E65 #CF9690 #E1BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC6E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC6E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6E65

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6E65	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB636C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 110, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.101 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39891',
    500: '#bc6e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6e65;
$custom-light: #d39891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62215,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6E65

secondary

#ADCDD0

accent

#C3CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#150E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6E65

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

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