#BC595E#BC595E

#BC595E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.128 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595E
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(357, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(357, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 40.30, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 43.47, 22.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.121 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.128 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3337, 18.6472, 12.8000)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595E #59BCB7

analogous

#BC5990 #BC595E #BC8659

triadic

#BC595E #5EBC59 #595EBC

tetradic

#BC595E #90BC59 #59BCB7 #8659BC

square

#BC595E #90BC59 #59BCB7 #8659BC

split-complementary

#BC595E #59BC86 #5990BC

monochromatic

#6E2C30 #9A3E43 #BC595E #CE8588 #DFB0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC595E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595E	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)

#6F6B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.128 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8b',
    500: '#bc595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595e;
$custom-light: #d48b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.97,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595E

secondary

#A3CDCB

accent

#D2CC56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595E

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

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