#BC5F65#BC5F65

#BC5F65 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.120 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F65
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 101)
HSL	hsl(356, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 37.91, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 40.41, 20.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1142 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.12 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1820, 19.8182, 14.7032)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F65 #5FBCB6

analogous

#BC5F93 #BC5F65 #BC875F

triadic

#BC5F65 #65BC5F #5F65BC

tetradic

#BC5F65 #93BC5F #5FBCB6 #875FBC

square

#BC5F65 #93BC5F #5FBCB6 #875FBC

split-complementary

#BC5F65 #5FBC87 #5F93BC

monochromatic

#712F34 #9C4147 #BC5F65 #CE8A8F #E0B5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC5F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC5F65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F65

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F65	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.120 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f90',
    500: '#bc5f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f65;
$custom-light: #d48f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59761,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F65

secondary

#A8CFCC

accent

#D1C957

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F65

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

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