#BC5656#BC5656

#BC5656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.132 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5656
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 41.10, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 45.72, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1225 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.132 22)
XYZ	xyz(25.7486, 18.0218, 10.9249)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5656 #56BCBC

analogous

#BC5689 #BC5656 #BC8956

triadic

#BC5656 #56BC56 #5656BC

tetradic

#BC5656 #89BC56 #56BCBC #8956BC

square

#BC5656 #89BC56 #56BCBC #8956BC

split-complementary

#BC5656 #56BC89 #5689BC

monochromatic

#6D2B2B #983C3C #BC5656 #CD8282 #DFAEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BC5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5656

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5656	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)

#6E6955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.132 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58985',
    500: '#bc5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5656;
$custom-light: #d58985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.18019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5656

secondary

#A1CDCD

accent

#D3D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5656

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

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