#BC6F59#BC6F59

#BC6F59 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.104 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6F59
RGB	rgb(188, 111, 89)
HSL	hsl(13, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(13, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 28.21, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 37.90, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0831 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.104 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2285, 22.7842, 12.3604)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6F59 #59A6BC

analogous

#BC5975 #BC6F59 #BCA059

triadic

#BC6F59 #59BC6F #6F59BC

tetradic

#BC6F59 #75BC59 #59A6BC #A059BC

square

#BC6F59 #75BC59 #59A6BC #A059BC

split-complementary

#BC6F59 #59BCA0 #5975BC

monochromatic

#6E3B2C #9A523E #BC6F59 #CE9585 #DFBBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#BC6F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#BC6F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6F59

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6F59	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)

#827957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC6269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 111, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.104 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49988',
    500: '#bc6f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6f59;
$custom-light: #d49988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6214,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6F59

secondary

#A3C4CD

accent

#B7D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6F59

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

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