#BC5963#BC5963

#BC5963 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.128 H 15.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5963
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 99)
HSL	hsl(354, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(354, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.38, 40.78, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.38, 42.95, 18.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.123 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.128 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5654, 18.7399, 14.0201)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5963 #59BCB2

analogous

#BC5995 #BC5963 #BC8159

triadic

#BC5963 #63BC59 #5963BC

tetradic

#BC5963 #95BC59 #59BCB2 #8159BC

square

#BC5963 #95BC59 #59BCB2 #8159BC

split-complementary

#BC5963 #59BC81 #5995BC

monochromatic

#6E2C33 #9A3E47 #BC5963 #CE858C #DFB0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC5963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5963

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5963	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.128 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b8f',
    500: '#bc5963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5963;
$custom-light: #d48b8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.939,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58801,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5963

secondary

#A3CDC9

accent

#D2C656

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5963

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

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