#BC5F72#BC5F72

#BC5F72 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.121 H 8.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5F72
RGB	rgb(188, 95, 114)
HSL	hsl(348, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(348, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 39.32, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 39.89, 9.69°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1194 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.121 8.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8700, 20.0934, 18.3270)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5F72 #5FBCA9

analogous

#BC5FA0 #BC5F72 #BC7A5F

triadic

#BC5F72 #72BC5F #5F72BC

tetradic

#BC5F72 #A0BC5F #5FBCA9 #7A5FBC

square

#BC5F72 #A0BC5F #5FBCA9 #7A5FBC

split-complementary

#BC5F72 #5FBC7A #5FA0BC

monochromatic

#712F3D #9C4154 #BC5F72 #CE8A98 #E0B5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#BC5F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#BC5F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5F72

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5F72	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 95, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.121 8.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38f9a',
    500: '#bc5f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5f72;
$custom-light: #d38f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.742,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60099,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 8.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5F72

secondary

#A8CFC7

accent

#D1B857

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FAF0F2

border

#D3CBCC

text

#150C0E

muted

#837D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5F72

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

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