#BC555C#BC555C

#BC555C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC555C
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 42.12, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 45.19, 21.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1265 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.133 18)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 17.9640, 12.2255)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC555C #55BCB5

analogous

#BC558F #BC555C #BC8155

triadic

#BC555C #5CBC55 #555CBC

tetradic

#BC555C #8FBC55 #55BCB5 #8155BC

square

#BC555C #8FBC55 #55BCB5 #8155BC

split-complementary

#BC555C #55BC81 #558FBC

monochromatic

#6C2B2F #983C42 #BC555C #CD8186 #DFADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC555C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC555C	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#6C685C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5888a',
    500: '#bc555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc555c;
$custom-light: #d5888a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.17961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC555C

secondary

#A0CCC9

accent

#D3CB55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC555C

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

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