#BC4250#BC4250

#BC4250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.157 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4250
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 80)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 49.97, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 53.37, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.1496 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.157 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1374, 15.1702, 9.2450)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4250 #42BCAE

analogous

#BC428D #BC4250 #BC7142

triadic

#BC4250 #50BC42 #4250BC

tetradic

#BC4250 #8DBC42 #42BCAE #7142BC

square

#BC4250 #8DBC42 #42BCAE #7142BC

split-complementary

#BC4250 #42BC71 #428DBC

monochromatic

#612229 #8F323D #BC4250 #CC6F7A #DC9CA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#BC4250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#BC4250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4250

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4250	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)

#605D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F764D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.157 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d81',
    500: '#bc4250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4250;
$custom-light: #d67d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55273,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4250

secondary

#91C9C2

accent

#D8C850

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4250

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

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