#BC594B#BC594B

#BC594B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.131 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC594B
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 75)
HSL	hsl(7, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 38.72, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 47.21, 34.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1134 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.131 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5836, 18.3471, 8.8493)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC594B #4BAEBC

analogous

#BC4B76 #BC594B #BC924B

triadic

#BC594B #4BBC59 #594BBC

tetradic

#BC594B #76BC4B #4BAEBC #924BBC

square

#BC594B #76BC4B #4BAEBC #924BBC

split-complementary

#BC594B #4BBC92 #4B76BC

monochromatic

#662E26 #934237 #BC594B #CD8278 #DDABA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC594B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC594B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC594B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC594B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC594B	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)

#726A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc594b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.131 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7d',
    500: '#bc594b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc594b;
$custom-light: #d58a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc594b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.434,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC594B

secondary

#99C4CA

accent

#C5D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC594B

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

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