#BC5356#BC5356

#BC5356 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.136 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5356
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 42.59, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 46.74, 24.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1272 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.136 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5141, 17.5528, 10.8467)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5356 #53BCB9

analogous

#BC538A #BC5356 #BC8453

triadic

#BC5356 #56BC53 #5356BC

tetradic

#BC5356 #8ABC53 #53BCB9 #8453BC

square

#BC5356 #8ABC53 #53BCB9 #8453BC

split-complementary

#BC5356 #53BC84 #538ABC

monochromatic

#6B2A2C #973B3D #BC5356 #CD7F81 #DEABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BC5356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC5356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5356

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5356	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)

#6C6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.136 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58785',
    500: '#bc5356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5356;
$custom-light: #d58785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57629,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5356

secondary

#9FCCCB

accent

#D4D054

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5356

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

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