#BC5E72#BC5E72

#BC5E72 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.122 H 8.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E72
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 39.84, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 40.35, 9.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.121 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.122 8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7805, 19.9144, 18.2971)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E72 #5EBCA8

analogous

#BC5EA1 #BC5E72 #BC795E

triadic

#BC5E72 #72BC5E #5E72BC

tetradic

#BC5E72 #A1BC5E #5EBCA8 #795EBC

square

#BC5E72 #A1BC5E #5EBCA8 #795EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E72 #5EBC79 #5EA1BC

monochromatic

#712F3D #9C4154 #BC5E72 #CE8998 #E0B4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BC5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#BC5E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E72

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E72	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#6F7072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.122 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38e9a',
    500: '#bc5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e72;
$custom-light: #d38e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.234,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59946,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E72

secondary

#A7CFC6

accent

#D1B757

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E72

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

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