#BC594A#BC594A

#BC594A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.131 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC594A
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 74)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 38.65, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 47.47, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.113 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.131 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5496, 18.3336, 8.6705)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC594A #4AADBC

analogous

#BC4A74 #BC594A #BC924A

triadic

#BC594A #4ABC59 #594ABC

tetradic

#BC594A #74BC4A #4AADBC #924ABC

square

#BC594A #74BC4A #4AADBC #924ABC

split-complementary

#BC594A #4ABC92 #4A74BC

monochromatic

#662E26 #934236 #BC594A #CD8277 #DDABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC594A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC594A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC594A

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC594A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC594A	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)

#726A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc594a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.131 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7c',
    500: '#bc594a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc594a;
$custom-light: #d58a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc594a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58277,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC594A

secondary

#98C3CA

accent

#C4D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC594A

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

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