#BC5E63#BC5E63

#BC5E63 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.121 H 18.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E63
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 99)
HSL	hsl(357, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(357, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 38.23, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 41.00, 21.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1151 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.121 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9957, 19.6004, 14.1635)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E63 #5EBCB7

analogous

#BC5E92 #BC5E63 #BC885E

triadic

#BC5E63 #63BC5E #5E63BC

tetradic

#BC5E63 #92BC5E #5EBCB7 #885EBC

square

#BC5E63 #92BC5E #5EBCB7 #885EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E63 #5EBC88 #5E92BC

monochromatic

#712F32 #9C4146 #BC5E63 #CE898D #E0B4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BC5E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BC5E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E63

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E63	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726F63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.121 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e8f',
    500: '#bc5e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e63;
$custom-light: #d48e8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.809,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E63

secondary

#A7CFCC

accent

#D1CB57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E63

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

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