#BC5A57#BC5A57

#BC5A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5A57
RGB	rgb(188, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 39.17, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 44.21, 27.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1166 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.127 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1175, 18.6948, 11.2480)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5A57 #57B9BC

analogous

#BC5787 #BC5A57 #BC8D57

triadic

#BC5A57 #57BC5A #5A57BC

tetradic

#BC5A57 #87BC57 #57B9BC #8D57BC

square

#BC5A57 #87BC57 #57B9BC #8D57BC

split-complementary

#BC5A57 #57BC8D #5787BC

monochromatic

#6D2D2C #99403D #BC5A57 #CD8583 #DFB0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC5A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC5A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5A57

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5A57	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58b86',
    500: '#bc5a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5a57;
$custom-light: #d58b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.782,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58678,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5A57

secondary

#A2CCCD

accent

#CFD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5A57

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

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