#BC596A#BC596A

#BC596A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596A
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(350, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(350, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 41.50, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 42.58, 12.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% 0.1258 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.128 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9146, 18.8796, 15.8596)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596A #59BCAB

analogous

#BC599C #BC596A #BC7A59

triadic

#BC596A #6ABC59 #596ABC

tetradic

#BC596A #9CBC59 #59BCAB #7A59BC

square

#BC596A #9CBC59 #59BCAB #7A59BC

split-complementary

#BC596A #59BC7A #599CBC

monochromatic

#6E2C38 #9A3E4E #BC596A #CE8591 #DFB0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC596A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596A	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b94',
    500: '#bc596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596a;
$custom-light: #d48b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.697,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58979,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596A

secondary

#A3CDC6

accent

#D2BD56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596A

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

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