#BC5560#BC5560

#BC5560 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.133 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5560
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(354, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(354, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 42.50, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 44.77, 18.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1281 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.133 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1007, 18.0358, 13.1708)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5560 #55BCB1

analogous

#BC5593 #BC5560 #BC7D55

triadic

#BC5560 #60BC55 #5560BC

tetradic

#BC5560 #93BC55 #55BCB1 #7D55BC

square

#BC5560 #93BC55 #55BCB1 #7D55BC

split-complementary

#BC5560 #55BC7D #5593BC

monochromatic

#6C2B32 #983C46 #BC5560 #CD8189 #DFADB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC5560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC5560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5560

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5560	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.133 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4888d',
    500: '#bc5560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5560;
$custom-light: #d4888d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.592,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58143,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5560

secondary

#A0CCC8

accent

#D3C655

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5560

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

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