#BC605C#BC605C

#BC605C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.119 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC605C
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 92)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, 36.51, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 41.32, 27.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.109 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.119 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8556, 19.8327, 12.5369)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC605C #5CB8BC

analogous

#BC5C88 #BC605C #BC905C

triadic

#BC605C #5CBC60 #605CBC

tetradic

#BC605C #88BC5C #5CB8BC #905CBC

square

#BC605C #88BC5C #5CB8BC #905CBC

split-complementary

#BC605C #5CBC90 #5C88BC

monochromatic

#70312E #9B4440 #BC605C #CE8A87 #E0B5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BC605C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BC605C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC605C

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC605C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC605C	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C825A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc605c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.119 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f8a',
    500: '#bc605c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc605c;
$custom-light: #d48f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc605c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59712,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC605C

secondary

#A6CCCE

accent

#CCD256

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC605C

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

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