#BC5F62#BC5F62

#BC5F62 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.120 H 19.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F62
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 98)
HSL	hsl(358, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 37.61, 15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 40.75, 22.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.113 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.12 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0377, 19.7604, 13.9432)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F62 #5FBCB9

analogous

#BC5F90 #BC5F62 #BC8B5F

triadic

#BC5F62 #62BC5F #5F62BC

tetradic

#BC5F62 #90BC5F #5FBCB9 #8B5FBC

square

#BC5F62 #90BC5F #5FBCB9 #8B5FBC

split-complementary

#BC5F62 #5FBC8B #5F90BC

monochromatic

#712F32 #9C4144 #BC5F62 #CE8A8C #E0B5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC5F62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#BC5F62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F62

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F62	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.120 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f8e',
    500: '#bc5f62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f62;
$custom-light: #d48f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5969,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F62

secondary

#A8CFCE

accent

#D1CD57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F62

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

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