#BC5F56#BC5F56

#BC5F56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.121 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F56
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 36.50, 22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 42.84, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1082 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.121 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.5129, 19.5506, 11.1797)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F56 #56B3BC

analogous

#BC5680 #BC5F56 #BC9256

triadic

#BC5F56 #56BC5F #5F56BC

tetradic

#BC5F56 #80BC56 #56B3BC #9256BC

square

#BC5F56 #80BC56 #56B3BC #9256BC

split-complementary

#BC5F56 #56BC92 #5680BC

monochromatic

#6D312B #98453C #BC5F56 #CD8882 #DFB2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#BC5F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC5F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F56

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F56	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)

#756E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.121 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58e85',
    500: '#bc5f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f56;
$custom-light: #d58e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59429,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F56

secondary

#A1C9CD

accent

#C8D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F56

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

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