#BC5E55#BC5E55

#BC5E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.123 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E55
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, 36.94, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 43.36, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1094 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.123 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.3834, 19.3556, 10.9391)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E55 #55B3BC

analogous

#BC557F #BC5E55 #BC9155

triadic

#BC5E55 #55BC5E #5E55BC

tetradic

#BC5E55 #7FBC55 #55B3BC #9155BC

square

#BC5E55 #7FBC55 #55B3BC #9155BC

split-complementary

#BC5E55 #55BC91 #557FBC

monochromatic

#6C302B #98443C #BC5E55 #CD8881 #DFB1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E55

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E55	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.123 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e85',
    500: '#bc5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e55;
$custom-light: #d58e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.243,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E55

secondary

#A0C9CC

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E55

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

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