#BC5355#BC5355

#BC5355 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.136 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5355
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 42.50, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 46.90, 25.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% 0.1268 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.136 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4740, 17.5368, 10.6360)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5355 #53BCBA

analogous

#BC5389 #BC5355 #BC8553

triadic

#BC5355 #55BC53 #5355BC

tetradic

#BC5355 #89BC53 #53BCBA #8553BC

square

#BC5355 #89BC53 #53BCBA #8553BC

split-complementary

#BC5355 #53BC85 #5389BC

monochromatic

#6B2A2B #973B3D #BC5355 #CD7F81 #DEABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC5355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC5355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5355

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5355	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.136 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58784',
    500: '#bc5355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5355;
$custom-light: #d58784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57607,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5355

secondary

#9FCCCB

accent

#D4D154

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5355

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

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