#BC595A#BC595A

#BC595A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595A
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 90)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 39.94, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 44.04, 24.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1194 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.128 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1588, 18.5772, 11.8791)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595A #59BCBB

analogous

#BC598C #BC595A #BC8A59

triadic

#BC595A #5ABC59 #595ABC

tetradic

#BC595A #8CBC59 #59BCBB #8A59BC

square

#BC595A #8CBC59 #59BCBB #8A59BC

split-complementary

#BC595A #59BC8A #598CBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2D #9A3E3F #BC595A #CE8585 #DFB0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC595A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC595A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595A

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595A	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b88',
    500: '#bc595a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595a;
$custom-light: #d58b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.394,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595A

secondary

#A3CDCD

accent

#D2D156

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595A

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

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