#BC556D#BC556D

#BC556D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.134 H 7.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC556D
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(346, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(346, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 43.82, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 44.33, 8.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1332 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.134 7.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7495, 18.2953, 16.5877)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC556D #55BCA4

analogous

#BC55A0 #BC556D #BC7055

triadic

#BC556D #6DBC55 #556DBC

tetradic

#BC556D #A0BC55 #55BCA4 #7055BC

square

#BC556D #A0BC55 #55BCA4 #7055BC

split-complementary

#BC556D #55BC70 #55A0BC

monochromatic

#6C2B3A #983C51 #BC556D #CD8193 #DFADB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC556D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC556D	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.134 7.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48896',
    500: '#bc556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc556d;
$custom-light: #d48896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.019,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58481,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 7.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC556D

secondary

#A0CCC2

accent

#D3B655

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC556D

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

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