#BC5859#BC5859

#BC5859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5859
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 40.35, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 44.54, 25.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1206 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.129 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0339, 18.3950, 11.6289)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5859 #58BCBB

analogous

#BC588B #BC5859 #BC8958

triadic

#BC5859 #59BC58 #5859BC

tetradic

#BC5859 #8BBC58 #58BCBB #8958BC

square

#BC5859 #8BBC58 #58BCBB #8958BC

split-complementary

#BC5859 #58BC89 #588BBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2D #993E3E #BC5859 #CE8484 #DFAFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC5859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC5859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5859

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5859	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a87',
    500: '#bc5859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5859;
$custom-light: #d58a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58421,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5859

secondary

#A3CDCD

accent

#D3D155

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5859

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

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