#BC596C#BC596C

#BC596C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.128 H 9.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596C
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(348, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(348, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 42.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 41.72, 8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 42.55, 11.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1266 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.128 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0199, 18.9216, 16.4137)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596C #59BCA9

analogous

#BC599E #BC596C #BC7859

triadic

#BC596C #6CBC59 #596CBC

tetradic

#BC596C #9EBC59 #59BCA9 #7859BC

square

#BC596C #9EBC59 #59BCA9 #7859BC

split-complementary

#BC596C #59BC78 #599EBC

monochromatic

#6E2C39 #9A3E50 #BC596C #CE8593 #DFB0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC596C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596C	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)

#6C6C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86806A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.128 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b96',
    500: '#bc596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596c;
$custom-light: #d48b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.485,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59032,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596C

secondary

#A3CDC5

accent

#D2BA56

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596C

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

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