#BC596F#BC596F

#BC596F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.129 H 7.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC596F
RGB	rgb(188, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(347, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(347, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 42.04, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 42.57, 9.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.1277 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.129 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1823, 18.9866, 17.2691)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC596F #59BCA6

analogous

#BC59A0 #BC596F #BC7559

triadic

#BC596F #6FBC59 #596FBC

tetradic

#BC596F #A0BC59 #59BCA6 #7559BC

square

#BC596F #A0BC59 #59BCA6 #7559BC

split-complementary

#BC596F #59BC75 #59A0BC

monochromatic

#6E2C3B #9A3E52 #BC596F #CE8595 #DFB0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BC596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC596F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC596F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC596F	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85806D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB4E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.129 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48b98',
    500: '#bc596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc596f;
$custom-light: #d48b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59115,
    "c": 0.12893,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC596F

secondary

#A3CDC4

accent

#D2B756

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0D

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC596F

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

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