#BC5056#BC5056

#BC5056 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.140 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5056
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 44.05, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 47.78, 22.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1318 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.14 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2895, 17.1036, 10.7719)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5056 #50BCB6

analogous

#BC508C #BC5056 #BC8050

triadic

#BC5056 #56BC50 #5056BC

tetradic

#BC5056 #8CBC50 #50BCB6 #8050BC

square

#BC5056 #8CBC50 #50BCB6 #8050BC

split-complementary

#BC5056 #50BC80 #508CBC

monochromatic

#69282C #96393E #BC5056 #CD7C81 #DEA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC5056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC5056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5056

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5056	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)

#696556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.140 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58585',
    500: '#bc5056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5056;
$custom-light: #d58585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57207,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5056

secondary

#9CCBC9

accent

#D4CD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5056

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

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