#BC556E#BC556E

#BC556E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.135 H 7.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC556E
RGB	rgb(188, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(345, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(345, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 43.93, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 44.36, 7.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.1335 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.135 7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8037, 18.3170, 16.8728)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC556E #55BCA3

analogous

#BC55A1 #BC556E #BC6F55

triadic

#BC556E #6EBC55 #556EBC

tetradic

#BC556E #A1BC55 #55BCA3 #6F55BC

square

#BC556E #A1BC55 #55BCA3 #6F55BC

split-complementary

#BC556E #55BC6F #55A1BC

monochromatic

#6C2B3A #983C52 #BC556E #CD8193 #DFADB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#BC556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC556E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC556E	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	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)

#696A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.135 7.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48897',
    500: '#bc556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc556e;
$custom-light: #d48897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.437,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58509,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC556E

secondary

#A0CCC2

accent

#D3B455

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC556E

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

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