#BC5559#BC5559

#BC5559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5559
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 41.86, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 45.59, 23.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1253 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.133 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7927, 17.9126, 11.5485)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5559 #55BCB8

analogous

#BC558C #BC5559 #BC8455

triadic

#BC5559 #59BC55 #5559BC

tetradic

#BC5559 #8CBC55 #55BCB8 #8455BC

square

#BC5559 #8CBC55 #55BCB8 #8455BC

split-complementary

#BC5559 #55BC84 #558CBC

monochromatic

#6C2B2D #983C3F #BC5559 #CD8184 #DFADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC5559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC5559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5559

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5559	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58887',
    500: '#bc5559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5559;
$custom-light: #d58887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.67,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5559

secondary

#A0CCCB

accent

#D3CE55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5559

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

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