#BC5957#BC5957

#BC5957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.128 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5957
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 39.67, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 44.54, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.1182 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.128 23)
XYZ	xyz(26.0337, 18.5272, 11.2201)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5957 #57BABC

analogous

#BC5788 #BC5957 #BC8C57

triadic

#BC5957 #57BC59 #5957BC

tetradic

#BC5957 #88BC57 #57BABC #8C57BC

square

#BC5957 #88BC57 #57BABC #8C57BC

split-complementary

#BC5957 #57BC8C #5788BC

monochromatic

#6D2D2C #993F3D #BC5957 #CD8483 #DFAFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC5957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BC5957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5957

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5957	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#706B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.128 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b86',
    500: '#bc5957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5957;
$custom-light: #d58b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58528,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.18524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5957

secondary

#A2CCCD

accent

#D0D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5957

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

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