#BC424E#BC424E

#BC424E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.157 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC424E
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 78)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 49.82, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 53.65, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1488 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.157 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0646, 15.1411, 8.8616)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC424E #42BCB0

analogous

#BC428B #BC424E #BC7342

triadic

#BC424E #4EBC42 #424EBC

tetradic

#BC424E #8BBC42 #42BCB0 #7342BC

square

#BC424E #8BBC42 #42BCB0 #7342BC

split-complementary

#BC424E #42BC73 #428BBC

monochromatic

#612228 #8F323B #BC424E #CC6F78 #DC9CA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BC424E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC424E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC424E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC424E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC424E	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc424e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.157 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d7f',
    500: '#bc424e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc424e;
$custom-light: #d67d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc424e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.098,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55231,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC424E

secondary

#91C9C3

accent

#D8CA50

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC424E

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

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