#BC5055#BC5055

#BC5055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.140 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5055
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 43.96, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 47.93, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.1314 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.14 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2495, 17.0876, 10.5612)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5055 #50BCB7

analogous

#BC508B #BC5055 #BC8150

triadic

#BC5055 #55BC50 #5055BC

tetradic

#BC5055 #8BBC50 #50BCB7 #8150BC

square

#BC5055 #8BBC50 #50BCB7 #8150BC

split-complementary

#BC5055 #50BC81 #508BBC

monochromatic

#69282B #96393E #BC5055 #CD7C80 #DEA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC5055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC5055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5055

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5055	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.140 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58584',
    500: '#bc5055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5055;
$custom-light: #d58584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5055

secondary

#9CCBC9

accent

#D4CE53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5055

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

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