#BC5E5A#BC5E5A

#BC5E5A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.122 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E5A
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 90)
HSL	hsl(2, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 37.37, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 42.34, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1114 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.122 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5891, 19.4378, 12.0225)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E5A #5AB8BC

analogous

#BC5A87 #BC5E5A #BC8F5A

triadic

#BC5E5A #5ABC5E #5E5ABC

tetradic

#BC5E5A #87BC5A #5AB8BC #8F5ABC

square

#BC5E5A #87BC5A #5AB8BC #8F5ABC

split-complementary

#BC5E5A #5ABC8F #5A87BC

monochromatic

#6F302D #9A423F #BC5E5A #CE8886 #DFB3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#BC5E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BC5E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E5A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E5A	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.122 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e88',
    500: '#bc5e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e5a;
$custom-light: #d48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59355,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E5A

secondary

#A4CCCE

accent

#CDD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E5A

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

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