#BC5969#BC5969

#BC5969 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5969
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 105)
HSL	hsl(350, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 41.40, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 42.60, 13.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1254 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.128 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8629, 18.8589, 15.5873)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5969 #59BCAC

analogous

#BC599B #BC5969 #BC7B59

triadic

#BC5969 #69BC59 #5969BC

tetradic

#BC5969 #9BBC59 #59BCAC #7B59BC

square

#BC5969 #9BBC59 #59BCAC #7B59BC

split-complementary

#BC5969 #59BC7B #599BBC

monochromatic

#6E2C37 #9A3E4D #BC5969 #CE8590 #DFB0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC5969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5969

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5969	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b93',
    500: '#bc5969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5969;
$custom-light: #d48b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.303,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58952,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5969

secondary

#A3CDC7

accent

#D2BE56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5969

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

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