#BC5962#BC5962

#BC5962 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.128 H 16.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5962
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 98)
HSL	hsl(355, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(355, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 40.69, 14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 43.03, 19.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1226 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.128 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5179, 18.7208, 13.7699)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5962 #59BCB3

analogous

#BC5994 #BC5962 #BC8259

triadic

#BC5962 #62BC59 #5962BC

tetradic

#BC5962 #94BC59 #59BCB3 #8259BC

square

#BC5962 #94BC59 #59BCB3 #8259BC

split-complementary

#BC5962 #59BC82 #5994BC

monochromatic

#6E2C32 #9A3E46 #BC5962 #CE858B #DFB0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC5962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC5962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5962

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5962	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)

#6E6B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.128 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8e',
    500: '#bc5962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5962;
$custom-light: #d48b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58776,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5962

secondary

#A3CDCA

accent

#D2C756

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5962

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

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