#BC6059#BC6059

#BC6059 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.120 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC6059
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 36.24, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 41.89, 30.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1078 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.12 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7270, 19.7812, 11.8599)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC6059 #59B5BC

analogous

#BC5984 #BC6059 #BC9159

triadic

#BC6059 #59BC60 #6059BC

tetradic

#BC6059 #84BC59 #59B5BC #9159BC

square

#BC6059 #84BC59 #59B5BC #9159BC

split-complementary

#BC6059 #59BC91 #5984BC

monochromatic

#6E312C #9A453E #BC6059 #CE8A85 #DFB4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#BC6059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BC6059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC6059

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC6059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC6059	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	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)

#756F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc6059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.120 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f88',
    500: '#bc6059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc6059;
$custom-light: #d48f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc6059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.242,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59648,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC6059

secondary

#A3CACD

accent

#C9D256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC6059

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

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