#BC595B#BC595B

#BC595B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595B
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 91)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 40.03, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 43.88, 24.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1198 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.128 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2017, 18.5944, 12.1047)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595B #59BCBA

analogous

#BC598D #BC595B #BC8959

triadic

#BC595B #5BBC59 #595BBC

tetradic

#BC595B #8DBC59 #59BCBA #8959BC

square

#BC595B #8DBC59 #59BCBA #8959BC

split-complementary

#BC595B #59BC89 #598DBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2E #9A3E40 #BC595B #CE8586 #DFB0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC595B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC595B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595B	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b89',
    500: '#bc595b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595b;
$custom-light: #d58b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.788,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595B

secondary

#A3CDCD

accent

#D2D056

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595B

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

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