#BC596E#BC596E

#BC596E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596E
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(347, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 41.93, 7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 42.56, 9.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1273 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.129 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1275, 18.9647, 16.9807)
Luminance	0.1896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596E #59BCA7

analogous

#BC599F #BC596E #BC7659

triadic

#BC596E #6EBC59 #596EBC

tetradic

#BC596E #9FBC59 #59BCA7 #7659BC

square

#BC596E #9FBC59 #59BCA7 #7659BC

split-complementary

#BC596E #59BC76 #599FBC

monochromatic

#6E2C3A #9A3E52 #BC596E #CE8594 #DFB0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC596E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596E	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#6C6D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b97',
    500: '#bc596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596e;
$custom-light: #d48b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59087,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596E

secondary

#A3CDC4

accent

#D2B856

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F2

border

#D4CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596E

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

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