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#BC6468

#bc6468 ≈ Indian Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#bc6468 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 39.22% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 46.81% magenta, 44.68% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 357.27°, with 39.64% saturation and 56.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Indian Red (#cd5c5c), ΔE 4.7.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2081

Complementary

  1. #bc6468
  2. #64bcb8

Split complementary

  1. #bc6468
  2. #64bc8c
  3. #6494bc

Analogous

  1. #bc6494
  2. #bc6468
  3. #bc8c64

Triadic

  1. #bc6468
  2. #68bc64
  3. #6468bc

Tetradic

  1. #bc6468
  2. #bcb864
  3. #64bcb8
  4. #6468bc

Square

  1. #bc6468
  2. #94bc64
  3. #64bcb8
  4. #8c64bc

Monochromatic

  1. #5e292b
  2. #944044
  3. #bc6468
  4. #d3999c
  5. #eacfd0

Shades

#bc6468 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc6468
  2. #a95a5e
  3. #965053
  4. #844649
  5. #713c3e
  6. #5e3234
  7. #4b282a
  8. #381e1f
  9. #261415
  10. #130a0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc6468 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc6468
  2. #c37477
  3. #c98386
  4. #d09395
  5. #d7a2a4
  6. #deb2b4
  7. #e4c1c3
  8. #ebd1d2
  9. #f2e0e1
  10. #f8f0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc6468 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc6468
  2. #b6676a
  3. #b06a6d
  4. #aa6c6f
  5. #a46f72
  6. #9e7274
  7. #987576
  8. #927879
  9. #8c7a7b
  10. #867d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b7476 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #767368 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c8566 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb5966 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #976d68 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a27967 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c55e67 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc6468 {
  color: #bc6468;
}
Background
.bg-bc6468 {
  background-color: #bc6468;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc6468 {
  border: 2px solid #bc6468;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc6468;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 100 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 40% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc6468 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc6468, #bc8c64);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc6468 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 100 104 / 0.35);
}

#cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 4.70 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 4.93 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.33 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 7.63 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 7.88 #996666 Copper Rose ΔE 8.08 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 8.29 #439b97 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Indian Red
#bc6468  rgb(188, 100, 104)  hsl(357, 40%, 56%)  Indian Red
#64bcb8  rgb(100, 188, 184)  hsl(177, 40%, 56%)  Verdigris
#68bc64  rgb(104, 188, 100)  hsl(117, 40%, 56%)  Mantis
#6468bc  rgb(100, 104, 188)  hsl(237, 40%, 56%)  Slate Blue