#BC595F#BC595F

#BC595F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.128 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC595F
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 95)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 40.40, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 43.35, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1214 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.128 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3789, 18.6652, 13.0378)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC595F #59BCB6

analogous

#BC5991 #BC595F #BC8559

triadic

#BC595F #5FBC59 #595FBC

tetradic

#BC595F #91BC59 #59BCB6 #8559BC

square

#BC595F #91BC59 #59BCB6 #8559BC

split-complementary

#BC595F #59BC85 #5991BC

monochromatic

#6E2C30 #9A3E44 #BC595F #CE8589 #DFB0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC595F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC595F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC595F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC595F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC595F	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)

#6F6B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc595f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.128 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8c',
    500: '#bc595f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc595f;
$custom-light: #d48b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc595f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58705,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC595F

secondary

#A3CDCB

accent

#D2CB56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC595F

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

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