#BC5960#BC5960

#BC5960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.128 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5960
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(356, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 40.49, 15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 43.24, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1218 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.128 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4246, 18.6835, 13.2788)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5960 #59BCB5

analogous

#BC5991 #BC5960 #BC8459

triadic

#BC5960 #60BC59 #5960BC

tetradic

#BC5960 #91BC59 #59BCB5 #8459BC

square

#BC5960 #91BC59 #59BCB5 #8459BC

split-complementary

#BC5960 #59BC84 #5991BC

monochromatic

#6E2C31 #9A3E45 #BC5960 #CE858A #DFB0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC5960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC5960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5960

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5960	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.128 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8d',
    500: '#bc5960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5960;
$custom-light: #d48b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.758,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5960

secondary

#A3CDCA

accent

#D2C956

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5960

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

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