#BC594E#BC594E

#BC594E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.130 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC594E
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 78)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.96, 38.94, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.96, 46.46, 33.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1146 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.13 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6887, 18.3892, 9.4029)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC594E #4EB1BC

analogous

#BC4E7A #BC594E #BC904E

triadic

#BC594E #4EBC59 #594EBC

tetradic

#BC594E #7ABC4E #4EB1BC #904EBC

square

#BC594E #7ABC4E #4EB1BC #904EBC

split-complementary

#BC594E #4EBC90 #4E7ABC

monochromatic

#682E27 #954138 #BC594E #CD837A #DEACA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#BC594E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BC594E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC594E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC594E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC594E	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)

#716A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc594e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.130 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a7f',
    500: '#bc594e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc594e;
$custom-light: #d58a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc594e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC594E

secondary

#9BC6CB

accent

#C8D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC594E

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

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