#BC5F57#BC5F57

#BC5F57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.121 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F57
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 36.59, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 42.62, 30.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1086 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.121 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5535, 19.5668, 11.3934)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F57 #57B4BC

analogous

#BC5782 #BC5F57 #BC9257

triadic

#BC5F57 #57BC5F #5F57BC

tetradic

#BC5F57 #82BC57 #57B4BC #9257BC

square

#BC5F57 #82BC57 #57B4BC #9257BC

split-complementary

#BC5F57 #57BC92 #5782BC

monochromatic

#6D312C #99443D #BC5F57 #CD8983 #DFB2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BC5F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#BC5F57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F57

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F57	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	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)

#756E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.121 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e86',
    500: '#bc5f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f57;
$custom-light: #d48e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.752,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59449,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F57

secondary

#A2CACD

accent

#C9D355

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F57

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

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