#BC555F#BC555F

#BC555F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 16.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC555F
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 95)
HSL	hsl(354, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 42.40, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 44.86, 19.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1277 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.133 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0550, 18.0175, 12.9299)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC555F #55BCB2

analogous

#BC5592 #BC555F #BC7E55

triadic

#BC555F #5FBC55 #555FBC

tetradic

#BC555F #92BC55 #55BCB2 #7E55BC

square

#BC555F #92BC55 #55BCB2 #7E55BC

split-complementary

#BC555F #55BC7E #5592BC

monochromatic

#6C2B31 #983C45 #BC555F #CD8188 #DFADB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC555F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC555F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC555F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC555F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC555F	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#6C695F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc555f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5888c',
    500: '#bc555f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc555f;
$custom-light: #d5888c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc555f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.175,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58119,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC555F

secondary

#A0CCC8

accent

#D3C755

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC555F

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

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