#BC5E57#BC5E57

#BC5E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.122 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E57
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 37.11, 21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 42.93, 30.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1102 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.122 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4640, 19.3878, 11.3635)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E57 #57B5BC

analogous

#BC5783 #BC5E57 #BC9157

triadic

#BC5E57 #57BC5E #5E57BC

tetradic

#BC5E57 #83BC57 #57B5BC #9157BC

square

#BC5E57 #83BC57 #57B5BC #9157BC

split-complementary

#BC5E57 #57BC91 #5783BC

monochromatic

#6D302C #99433D #BC5E57 #CD8883 #DFB2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BC5E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC5E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E57

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E57	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.122 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e86',
    500: '#bc5e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e57;
$custom-light: #d58e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.158,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59293,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E57

secondary

#A2CACD

accent

#CAD355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E57

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

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