#BC5E56#BC5E56

#BC5E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.123 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E56
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 37.02, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 43.14, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1098 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.123 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4234, 19.3716, 11.1499)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E56 #56B4BC

analogous

#BC5681 #BC5E56 #BC9156

triadic

#BC5E56 #56BC5E #5E56BC

tetradic

#BC5E56 #81BC56 #56B4BC #9156BC

square

#BC5E56 #81BC56 #56B4BC #9156BC

split-complementary

#BC5E56 #56BC91 #5681BC

monochromatic

#6D302B #98443C #BC5E56 #CD8882 #DFB2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BC5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E56

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E56	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)

#746E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.123 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e85',
    500: '#bc5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e56;
$custom-light: #d58e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59272,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E56

secondary

#A1C9CD

accent

#C9D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E56

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

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