#BC5D59#BC5D59

#BC5D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.123 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5D59
RGB	rgb(188, 93, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 37.80, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 42.86, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1126 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.123 24)
XYZ	xyz(26.4585, 19.2442, 11.7704)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5D59 #59B8BC

analogous

#BC5987 #BC5D59 #BC8F59

triadic

#BC5D59 #59BC5D #5D59BC

tetradic

#BC5D59 #87BC59 #59B8BC #8F59BC

square

#BC5D59 #87BC59 #59B8BC #8F59BC

split-complementary

#BC5D59 #59BC8F #5987BC

monochromatic

#6E2F2C #9A423E #BC5D59 #CE8885 #DFB2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#BC5D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#BC5D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5D59

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5D59	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 93, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.123 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48d88',
    500: '#bc5d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5d59;
$custom-light: #d48d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.424,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.19241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5D59

secondary

#A3CCCD

accent

#CDD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5D59

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

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