#BC5B59#BC5B59

#BC5B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.126 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B59
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 38.83, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 43.52, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1158 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.126 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2853, 18.8977, 11.7126)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B59 #59BABC

analogous

#BC5989 #BC5B59 #BC8D59

triadic

#BC5B59 #59BC5B #5B59BC

tetradic

#BC5B59 #89BC59 #59BABC #8D59BC

square

#BC5B59 #89BC59 #59BABC #8D59BC

split-complementary

#BC5B59 #59BC8D #5989BC

monochromatic

#6E2E2C #9A403E #BC5B59 #CE8685 #DFB1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B59

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B59	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.126 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c87',
    500: '#bc5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b59;
$custom-light: #d58c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.212,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58872,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B59

secondary

#A3CDCD

accent

#D0D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B59

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

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