#BC595D#BC595D

#BC595D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.128 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595D
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 93)
HSL	hsl(358, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 40.21, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 43.60, 22.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1206 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.128 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2891, 18.6294, 12.5652)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595D #59BCB8

analogous

#BC598F #BC595D #BC8759

triadic

#BC595D #5DBC59 #595DBC

tetradic

#BC595D #8FBC59 #59BCB8 #8759BC

square

#BC595D #8FBC59 #59BCB8 #8759BC

split-complementary

#BC595D #59BC87 #598FBC

monochromatic

#6E2C2F #9A3E42 #BC595D #CE8588 #DFB0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC595D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC595D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595D	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.128 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8a',
    500: '#bc595d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595d;
$custom-light: #d48b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.576,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58659,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595D

secondary

#A3CDCC

accent

#D2CD56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595D

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

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