#BC5954#BC5954

#BC5954 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5954
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 84)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 39.42, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 45.12, 29.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.117 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.129 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9137, 18.4792, 10.5880)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5954 #54B7BC

analogous

#BC5483 #BC5954 #BC8D54

triadic

#BC5954 #54BC59 #5954BC

tetradic

#BC5954 #83BC54 #54B7BC #8D54BC

square

#BC5954 #83BC54 #54B7BC #8D54BC

split-complementary

#BC5954 #54BC8D #5483BC

monochromatic

#6B2D2A #97403B #BC5954 #CD8480 #DEAEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5954

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5954	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a84',
    500: '#bc5954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5954;
$custom-light: #d58a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.885,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58466,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5954

secondary

#A0CACC

accent

#CDD354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5954

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

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