#BC594D#BC594D

#BC594D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC594D
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 77)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 38.87, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 46.70, 33.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1142 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.13 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6531, 18.3749, 9.2155)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC594D #4DB0BC

analogous

#BC4D79 #BC594D #BC904D

triadic

#BC594D #4DBC59 #594DBC

tetradic

#BC594D #79BC4D #4DB0BC #904DBC

square

#BC594D #79BC4D #4DB0BC #904DBC

split-complementary

#BC594D #4DBC90 #4D79BC

monochromatic

#682E27 #944238 #BC594D #CD8279 #DDACA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC594D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC594D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC594D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC594D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC594D	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#716A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc594d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7f',
    500: '#bc594d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc594d;
$custom-light: #d58a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc594d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58331,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC594D

secondary

#9AC5CB

accent

#C7D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC594D

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

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