#BC5657#BC5657

#BC5657 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.132 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5657
RGB	rgb(188, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 41.19, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 45.55, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1229 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.132 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7891, 18.0380, 11.1386)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5657 #56BCBB

analogous

#BC568A #BC5657 #BC8856

triadic

#BC5657 #57BC56 #5657BC

tetradic

#BC5657 #8ABC56 #56BCBB #8856BC

square

#BC5657 #8ABC56 #56BCBB #8856BC

split-complementary

#BC5657 #56BC88 #568ABC

monochromatic

#6D2B2C #983C3D #BC5657 #CD8283 #DFAEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BC5657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BC5657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5657

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5657	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)

#6E6956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.132 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58986',
    500: '#bc5657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5657;
$custom-light: #d58986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58083,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5657

secondary

#A1CDCC

accent

#D3D255

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5657

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

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