A laundry care composition including (a) at least one laundry care ingredient and (b) a leuco compound including an antioxidant moiety covalently bonded to a leuco moiety. A method of treating a textile comprises the steps of (a) providing such a laundry care composition; (b) adding the laundry care composition to a liquid medium; (c) placing textile articles in the liquid medium; (d) optionally, rinsing the textile; and (e) drying the textile articles