#BC5F5E#BC5F5E

#BC5F5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.120 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F5E
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 94)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 37.22, 17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 41.32, 25.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1114 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.12 22)
XYZ	xyz(26.8535, 19.6868, 12.9732)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F5E #5EBBBC

analogous

#BC5E8C #BC5F5E #BC8E5E

triadic

#BC5F5E #5EBC5F #5F5EBC

tetradic

#BC5F5E #8CBC5E #5EBBBC #8E5EBC

square

#BC5F5E #8CBC5E #5EBBBC #8E5EBC

split-complementary

#BC5F5E #5EBC8E #5E8CBC

monochromatic

#71302F #9C4241 #BC5F5E #CE8A89 #E0B5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#BC5F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#BC5F5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F5E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F5E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.120 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e8b',
    500: '#bc5f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f5e;
$custom-light: #d48e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.638,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59599,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.19684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F5E

secondary

#A7CECF

accent

#D0D157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F5E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →