#BC5B57#BC5B57

#BC5B57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.126 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B57
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 87)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 38.65, 20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 43.89, 28.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.115 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.126 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2024, 18.8646, 11.2763)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B57 #57B8BC

analogous

#BC5786 #BC5B57 #BC8E57

triadic

#BC5B57 #57BC5B #5B57BC

tetradic

#BC5B57 #86BC57 #57B8BC #8E57BC

square

#BC5B57 #86BC57 #57B8BC #8E57BC

split-complementary

#BC5B57 #57BC8E #5786BC

monochromatic

#6D2E2C #99413D #BC5B57 #CD8683 #DFB0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#BC5B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#BC5B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B57

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B57	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.126 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c86',
    500: '#bc5b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b57;
$custom-light: #d58c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.376,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5883,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B57

secondary

#A2CBCD

accent

#CED355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B57

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

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