#BC5B61#BC5B61

#BC5B61 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.125 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5B61
RGB	rgb(188, 91, 97)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.6%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 39.57, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 42.37, 20.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1191 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.125 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6396, 19.0395, 13.5790)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5B61 #5BBCB6

analogous

#BC5B91 #BC5B61 #BC865B

triadic

#BC5B61 #61BC5B #5B61BC

tetradic

#BC5B61 #91BC5B #5BBCB6 #865BBC

square

#BC5B61 #91BC5B #5BBCB6 #865BBC

split-complementary

#BC5B61 #5BBC86 #5B91BC

monochromatic

#6F2D31 #9B3F45 #BC5B61 #CE868B #E0B2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC5B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#BC5B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5B61

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5B61	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88805F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 91, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.125 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48c8d',
    500: '#bc5b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5b61;
$custom-light: #d48c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.289,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59052,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5B61

secondary

#A5CECB

accent

#D2CA56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5B61

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

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