#BC595C#BC595C

#BC595C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595C
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 92)
HSL	hsl(358, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 40.12, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 43.74, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1202 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.128 20)
XYZ	xyz(26.2451, 18.6118, 12.3334)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595C #59BCB9

analogous

#BC598E #BC595C #BC8859

triadic

#BC595C #5CBC59 #595CBC

tetradic

#BC595C #8EBC59 #59BCB9 #8859BC

square

#BC595C #8EBC59 #59BCB9 #8859BC

split-complementary

#BC595C #59BC88 #598EBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2E #9A3E41 #BC595C #CE8587 #DFB0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC595C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC595C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595C

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595C	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)

#6F6B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b8a',
    500: '#bc595c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595c;
$custom-light: #d58b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.182,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58636,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.18609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595C

secondary

#A3CDCC

accent

#D2CE56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595C

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

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