#BC585B#BC585B

#BC585B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC585B
RGB	rgb(188, 88, 91)
HSL	hsl(358, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 40.53, 17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 44.24, 23.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.1214 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.129 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1190, 18.4291, 12.0772)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC585B #58BCB9

analogous

#BC588D #BC585B #BC8758

triadic

#BC585B #5BBC58 #585BBC

tetradic

#BC585B #8DBC58 #58BCB9 #8758BC

square

#BC585B #8DBC58 #58BCB9 #8758BC

split-complementary

#BC585B #58BC87 #588DBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2E #993E40 #BC585B #CE8486 #DFAFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC585B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC585B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC585B

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC585B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC585B	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc585b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 88, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a89',
    500: '#bc585b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc585b;
$custom-light: #d58a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc585b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC585B

secondary

#A3CDCC

accent

#D3CF55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC585B

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

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