#BC5359#BC5359

#BC5359 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.136 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5359
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 42.84, 17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 46.30, 22.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1284 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.136 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6375, 17.6022, 11.4967)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5359 #53BCB6

analogous

#BC538E #BC5359 #BC8153

triadic

#BC5359 #59BC53 #5359BC

tetradic

#BC5359 #8EBC53 #53BCB6 #8153BC

square

#BC5359 #8EBC53 #53BCB6 #8153BC

split-complementary

#BC5359 #53BC81 #538EBC

monochromatic

#6B2A2D #973B40 #BC5359 #CD7F84 #DEABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC5359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5359

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5359	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.136 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58787',
    500: '#bc5359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5359;
$custom-light: #d58787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57694,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5359

secondary

#9FCCC9

accent

#D4CC54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5359

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

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