#BC5953#BC5953

#BC5953 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.129 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5953
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 39.34, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 45.33, 29.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.1166 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.129 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8748, 18.4636, 10.3832)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5953 #53B6BC

analogous

#BC5381 #BC5953 #BC8E53

triadic

#BC5953 #53BC59 #5953BC

tetradic

#BC5953 #81BC53 #53B6BC #8E53BC

square

#BC5953 #81BC53 #53B6BC #8E53BC

split-complementary

#BC5953 #53BC8E #5381BC

monochromatic

#6B2D2A #97403B #BC5953 #CD847F #DEAEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BC5953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#BC5953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5953

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5953	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)

#716A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.129 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a83',
    500: '#bc5953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5953;
$custom-light: #d58a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58446,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5953

secondary

#9FC9CC

accent

#CCD454

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5953

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

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