#BC5955#BC5955

#BC5955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5955
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 39.50, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 44.92, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1174 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.129 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9531, 18.4950, 10.7957)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5955 #55B8BC

analogous

#BC5584 #BC5955 #BC8C55

triadic

#BC5955 #55BC59 #5955BC

tetradic

#BC5955 #84BC55 #55B8BC #8C55BC

square

#BC5955 #84BC55 #55B8BC #8C55BC

split-complementary

#BC5955 #55BC8C #5584BC

monochromatic

#6C2D2B #983F3C #BC5955 #CD8481 #DFAFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5955

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5955	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)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58a85',
    500: '#bc5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5955;
$custom-light: #d58a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.33,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.12868,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5955

secondary

#A0CBCC

accent

#CED355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5955

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

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