#BC5F59#BC5F59

#BC5F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.121 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F59
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 36.76, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 42.21, 29.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.1094 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.121 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6364, 19.5999, 11.8297)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F59 #59B6BC

analogous

#BC5985 #BC5F59 #BC9159

triadic

#BC5F59 #59BC5F #5F59BC

tetradic

#BC5F59 #85BC59 #59B6BC #9159BC

square

#BC5F59 #85BC59 #59B6BC #9159BC

split-complementary

#BC5F59 #59BC91 #5985BC

monochromatic

#6E302C #9A443E #BC5F59 #CE8985 #DFB3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BC5F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BC5F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F59

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F59	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC515E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.121 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e88',
    500: '#bc5f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f59;
$custom-light: #d48e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59491,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F59

secondary

#A3CBCD

accent

#CBD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F59

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

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