#BC5B50#BC5B50

#BC5B50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B50
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 38.08, 24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 45.40, 33.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1122 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.127 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9302, 18.7557, 9.8425)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B50 #50B1BC

analogous

#BC507B #BC5B50 #BC9150

triadic

#BC5B50 #50BC5B #5B50BC

tetradic

#BC5B50 #7BBC50 #50B1BC #9150BC

square

#BC5B50 #7BBC50 #50B1BC #9150BC

split-complementary

#BC5B50 #50BC91 #507BBC

monochromatic

#692F28 #964339 #BC5B50 #CD847C #DEAEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC5B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC5B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B50

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B50	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c81',
    500: '#bc5b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b50;
$custom-light: #d58c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58691,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B50

secondary

#9CC7CB

accent

#C7D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B50

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

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