#BC596D#BC596D

#BC596D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 9.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596D
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(348, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(348, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 41.82, 7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 42.55, 10.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1269 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.129 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0734, 18.9431, 16.6956)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596D #59BCA8

analogous

#BC599F #BC596D #BC7759

triadic

#BC596D #6DBC59 #596DBC

tetradic

#BC596D #9FBC59 #59BCA8 #7759BC

square

#BC596D #9FBC59 #59BCA8 #7759BC

split-complementary

#BC596D #59BC77 #599FBC

monochromatic

#6E2C3A #9A3E51 #BC596D #CE8593 #DFB0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC596D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596D	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b96',
    500: '#bc596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596d;
$custom-light: #d48b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.879,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59059,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596D

secondary

#A3CDC5

accent

#D2B956

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596D

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

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