#BC555E#BC555E

#BC555E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC555E
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(355, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 42.31, 15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 44.96, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1273 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.133 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0098, 17.9995, 12.6920)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC555E #55BCB3

analogous

#BC5591 #BC555E #BC7F55

triadic

#BC555E #5EBC55 #555EBC

tetradic

#BC555E #91BC55 #55BCB3 #7F55BC

square

#BC555E #91BC55 #55BCB3 #7F55BC

split-complementary

#BC555E #55BC7F #5591BC

monochromatic

#6C2B30 #983C44 #BC555E #CD8188 #DFADB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#BC555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC555E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC555E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C695E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5888b',
    500: '#bc555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc555e;
$custom-light: #d5888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.757,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58095,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC555E

secondary

#A0CCC9

accent

#D3C855

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC555E

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

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