#BC5C50#BC5C50

#BC5C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.126 H 28.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C50
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 37.56, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 45.11, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1106 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.126 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0162, 18.9278, 9.8712)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C50 #50B0BC

analogous

#BC507A #BC5C50 #BC9250

triadic

#BC5C50 #50BC5C #5C50BC

tetradic

#BC5C50 #7ABC50 #50B0BC #9250BC

square

#BC5C50 #7ABC50 #50B0BC #9250BC

split-complementary

#BC5C50 #50BC92 #507ABC

monochromatic

#693028 #964439 #BC5C50 #CD857C #DEAEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC5C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BC5C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C50

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C50	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B804E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.126 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c81',
    500: '#bc5c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c50;
$custom-light: #d58c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58845,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C50

secondary

#9CC6CB

accent

#C6D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C50

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

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