#BC4051#BC4051

#BC4051 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.159 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4051
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 81)
HSL	hsl(352, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, 50.89, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 53.90, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1527 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.159 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0598, 14.9555, 9.4027)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4051 #40BCAB

analogous

#BC408F #BC4051 #BC6D40

triadic

#BC4051 #51BC40 #4051BC

tetradic

#BC4051 #8FBC40 #40BCAB #6D40BC

square

#BC4051 #8FBC40 #40BCAB #6D40BC

split-complementary

#BC4051 #40BC6D #408FBC

monochromatic

#61212A #8E303D #BC4051 #CD6C79 #DD9AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#BC4051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#BC4051 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4051

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4051	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.159 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67c81',
    500: '#bc4051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4051;
$custom-light: #d67c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.774,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55061,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4051

secondary

#8FC9C1

accent

#D9C64F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4051

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

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