#BC555B#BC555B

#BC555B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 18.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC555B
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 42.03, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 45.32, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1261 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.133 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8778, 17.9467, 11.9968)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC555B #55BCB6

analogous

#BC558E #BC555B #BC8255

triadic

#BC555B #5BBC55 #555BBC

tetradic

#BC555B #8EBC55 #55BCB6 #8255BC

square

#BC555B #8EBC55 #55BCB6 #8255BC

split-complementary

#BC555B #55BC82 #558EBC

monochromatic

#6C2B2E #983C41 #BC555B #CD8185 #DFADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC555B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC555B	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C685B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58889',
    500: '#bc555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc555b;
$custom-light: #d58889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.505,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58026,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC555B

secondary

#A0CCCA

accent

#D3CC55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC555B

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

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