#BC5C55#BC5C55

#BC5C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.125 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C55
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 37.97, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 43.97, 30.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1126 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.125 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2079, 19.0045, 10.8806)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C55 #55B5BC

analogous

#BC5581 #BC5C55 #BC8F55

triadic

#BC5C55 #55BC5C #5C55BC

tetradic

#BC5C55 #81BC55 #55B5BC #8F55BC

square

#BC5C55 #81BC55 #55B5BC #8F55BC

split-complementary

#BC5C55 #55BC8F #5581BC

monochromatic

#6C2F2B #98423C #BC5C55 #CD8681 #DFB0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#BC5C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#BC5C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C55

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C55	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.125 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58c85',
    500: '#bc5c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c55;
$custom-light: #d58c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.078,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58942,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C55

secondary

#A0C9CC

accent

#CBD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C55

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

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