#BC4259#BC4259

#BC4259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.157 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4259
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(349, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 50.68, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 52.46, 14.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1531 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.157 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4925, 15.3122, 11.1151)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4259 #42BCA5

analogous

#BC4296 #BC4259 #BC6842

triadic

#BC4259 #59BC42 #4259BC

tetradic

#BC4259 #96BC42 #42BCA5 #6842BC

square

#BC4259 #96BC42 #42BCA5 #6842BC

split-complementary

#BC4259 #42BC68 #4296BC

monochromatic

#61222E #8F3244 #BC4259 #CC6F80 #DC9CA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#BC4259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#BC4259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4259

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4259	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.157 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67d87',
    500: '#bc4259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4259;
$custom-light: #d67d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.689,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5548,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4259

secondary

#91C9BE

accent

#D8BE50

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4259

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

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