#BC5965#BC5965

#BC5965 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.128 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5965
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 101)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(353, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 40.98, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 42.80, 16.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1238 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.128 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6622, 18.7786, 14.5299)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5965 #59BCB0

analogous

#BC5997 #BC5965 #BC7F59

triadic

#BC5965 #65BC59 #5965BC

tetradic

#BC5965 #97BC59 #59BCB0 #7F59BC

square

#BC5965 #97BC59 #59BCB0 #7F59BC

split-complementary

#BC5965 #59BC7F #5997BC

monochromatic

#6E2C34 #9A3E49 #BC5965 #CE858D #DFB0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC5965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5965

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5965	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.128 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b90',
    500: '#bc5965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5965;
$custom-light: #d48b90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5885,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5965

secondary

#A3CDC8

accent

#D2C356

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5965

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

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