#BC4257#BC4257

#BC4257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.157 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4257
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(350, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 50.52, 14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 52.61, 16.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1524 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.157 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4097, 15.2791, 10.6787)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4257 #42BCA7

analogous

#BC4294 #BC4257 #BC6A42

triadic

#BC4257 #57BC42 #4257BC

tetradic

#BC4257 #94BC42 #42BCA7 #6A42BC

square

#BC4257 #94BC42 #42BCA7 #6A42BC

split-complementary

#BC4257 #42BC6A #4294BC

monochromatic

#61222D #8F3242 #BC4257 #CC6F7F #DC9CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#BC4257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC4257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4257

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4257	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.157 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d86',
    500: '#bc4257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4257;
$custom-light: #d67d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.672,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55432,
    "c": 0.15677,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4257

secondary

#91C9BF

accent

#D8C050

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4257

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

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