#BC5E59#BC5E59

#BC5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.122 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E59
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 37.28, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 42.53, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.111 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.122 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5469, 19.4209, 11.7998)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E59 #59B7BC

analogous

#BC5986 #BC5E59 #BC9059

triadic

#BC5E59 #59BC5E #5E59BC

tetradic

#BC5E59 #86BC59 #59B7BC #9059BC

square

#BC5E59 #86BC59 #59B7BC #9059BC

split-complementary

#BC5E59 #59BC90 #5986BC

monochromatic

#6E302C #9A433E #BC5E59 #CE8885 #DFB3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BC5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E59

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E59	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	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)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.122 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e88',
    500: '#bc5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e59;
$custom-light: #d48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.03,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59334,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E59

secondary

#A3CBCD

accent

#CCD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E59

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

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