#BC5F55#BC5F55

#BC5F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.122 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F55
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(6, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 36.42, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 43.06, 32.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1078 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.122 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4729, 19.5346, 10.9690)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F55 #55B2BC

analogous

#BC557E #BC5F55 #BC9255

triadic

#BC5F55 #55BC5F #5F55BC

tetradic

#BC5F55 #7EBC55 #55B2BC #9255BC

square

#BC5F55 #7EBC55 #55B2BC #9255BC

split-complementary

#BC5F55 #55BC92 #557EBC

monochromatic

#6C312B #98453C #BC5F55 #CD8881 #DFB2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BC5F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC5F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F55

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F55	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.122 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e85',
    500: '#bc5f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f55;
$custom-light: #d58e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.825,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59409,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F55

secondary

#A0C8CC

accent

#C7D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F55

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

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