#BC5059#BC5059

#BC5059 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.139 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5059
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 44.30, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 47.38, 20.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.133 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.139 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4129, 17.1530, 11.4218)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5059 #50BCB3

analogous

#BC508F #BC5059 #BC7D50

triadic

#BC5059 #59BC50 #5059BC

tetradic

#BC5059 #8FBC50 #50BCB3 #7D50BC

square

#BC5059 #8FBC50 #50BCB3 #7D50BC

split-complementary

#BC5059 #50BC7D #508FBC

monochromatic

#69282E #963941 #BC5059 #CD7C83 #DEA9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC5059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC5059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5059

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5059	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.139 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58587',
    500: '#bc5059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5059;
$custom-light: #d58587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57274,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5059

secondary

#9CCBC7

accent

#D4CA53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5059

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

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