#BC596B#BC596B

#BC596B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596B
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(349, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(349, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 41.61, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 42.56, 12.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1262 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.128 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9669, 18.9005, 16.1350)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596B #59BCAA

analogous

#BC599D #BC596B #BC7959

triadic

#BC596B #6BBC59 #596BBC

tetradic

#BC596B #9DBC59 #59BCAA #7959BC

square

#BC596B #9DBC59 #59BCAA #7959BC

split-complementary

#BC596B #59BC79 #599DBC

monochromatic

#6E2C38 #9A3E4F #BC596B #CE8592 #DFB0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC596B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596B	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	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)

#6D6C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b95',
    500: '#bc596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596b;
$custom-light: #d48b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59005,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596B

secondary

#A3CDC6

accent

#D2BC56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596B

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

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