#BC605E#BC605E

#BC605E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.119 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC605E
RGB	rgb(188, 96, 94)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 36.70, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 40.97, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.1098 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.119 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9441, 19.8681, 13.0035)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC605E #5EBABC

analogous

#BC5E8B #BC605E #BC8F5E

triadic

#BC605E #5EBC60 #605EBC

tetradic

#BC605E #8BBC5E #5EBABC #8F5EBC

square

#BC605E #8BBC5E #5EBABC #8F5EBC

split-complementary

#BC605E #5EBC8F #5E8BBC

monochromatic

#71302F #9C4341 #BC605E #CE8B89 #E0B5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#BC605E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BC605E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC605E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC605E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC605E	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#75705D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC5360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc605e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 96, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.119 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48f8b',
    500: '#bc605e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc605e;
$custom-light: #d48f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc605e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59755,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC605E

secondary

#A7CECF

accent

#CED157

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC605E

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

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