#BC5956#BC5956

#BC5956 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.129 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5956
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 39.59, 20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 44.73, 27.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.1178 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.129 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9931, 18.5110, 11.0064)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5956 #56B9BC

analogous

#BC5686 #BC5956 #BC8C56

triadic

#BC5956 #56BC59 #5956BC

tetradic

#BC5956 #86BC56 #56B9BC #8C56BC

square

#BC5956 #86BC56 #56B9BC #8C56BC

split-complementary

#BC5956 #56BC8C #5686BC

monochromatic

#6D2D2B #983F3C #BC5956 #CD8482 #DFAFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BC5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5956

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5956	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)

#706A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.129 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b85',
    500: '#bc5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5956;
$custom-light: #d58b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58507,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5956

secondary

#A1CBCD

accent

#CFD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5956

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

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