#BC5855#BC5855

#BC5855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5855
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 40.01, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 45.24, 27.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.119 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.13 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8705, 18.3297, 10.7682)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5855 #55B9BC

analogous

#BC5585 #BC5855 #BC8B55

triadic

#BC5855 #55BC58 #5855BC

tetradic

#BC5855 #85BC55 #55B9BC #8B55BC

square

#BC5855 #85BC55 #55B9BC #8B55BC

split-complementary

#BC5855 #55BC8B #5585BC

monochromatic

#6C2C2B #983F3C #BC5855 #CD8381 #DFAEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC5855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC5855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5855

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5855	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a85',
    500: '#bc5855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5855;
$custom-light: #d58a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.748,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5855

secondary

#A0CBCC

accent

#D0D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5855

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

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