#BC5A55#BC5A55

#BC5A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.128 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A55
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 39.00, 21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 44.60, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1158 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.128 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0369, 18.6625, 10.8236)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A55 #55B7BC

analogous

#BC5583 #BC5A55 #BC8D55

triadic

#BC5A55 #55BC5A #5A55BC

tetradic

#BC5A55 #83BC55 #55B7BC #8D55BC

square

#BC5A55 #83BC55 #55B7BC #8D55BC

split-complementary

#BC5A55 #55BC8D #5583BC

monochromatic

#6C2E2B #98403C #BC5A55 #CD8581 #DFAFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC5A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC5A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A55

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A55	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.128 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b85',
    500: '#bc5a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a55;
$custom-light: #d58b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.913,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58637,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A55

secondary

#A0CACC

accent

#CDD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A55

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

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