#BC5E71#BC5E71

#BC5E71 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.122 H 8.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E71
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 113)
HSL	hsl(348, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(348, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 39.72, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 40.33, 9.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1206 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.122 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7239, 19.8917, 17.9990)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E71 #5EBCA9

analogous

#BC5EA0 #BC5E71 #BC7A5E

triadic

#BC5E71 #71BC5E #5E71BC

tetradic

#BC5E71 #A0BC5E #5EBCA9 #7A5EBC

square

#BC5E71 #A0BC5E #5EBCA9 #7A5EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E71 #5EBC7A #5EA0BC

monochromatic

#712F3C #9C4153 #BC5E71 #CE8997 #E0B4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BC5E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC5E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E71

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E71	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87826F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.122 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e99',
    500: '#bc5e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e71;
$custom-light: #d38e99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.872,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59919,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E71

secondary

#A7CFC7

accent

#D1B857

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E71

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

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