#BC5C65#BC5C65

#BC5C65 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.124 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5C65
RGB	rgb(188, 92, 101)
HSL	hsl(354, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 39.46, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 41.59, 18.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1191 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.124 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9169, 19.2881, 14.6148)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5C65 #5CBCB3

analogous

#BC5C95 #BC5C65 #BC835C

triadic

#BC5C65 #65BC5C #5C65BC

tetradic

#BC5C65 #95BC5C #5CBCB3 #835CBC

square

#BC5C65 #95BC5C #5CBCB3 #835CBC

split-complementary

#BC5C65 #5CBC83 #5C95BC

monochromatic

#702E34 #9B4048 #BC5C65 #CE878E #E0B3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BC5C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BC5C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5C65

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5C65	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706E65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 92, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.124 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d90',
    500: '#bc5c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5c65;
$custom-light: #d48d90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.593,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5C65

secondary

#A6CECA

accent

#D2C656

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5C65

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

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