#BC425E#BC425E

#BC425E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.157 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC425E
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 94)
HSL	hsl(346, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(346, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 51.11, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 52.21, 11.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1551 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.157 10)
XYZ	xyz(24.7096, 15.3991, 12.2586)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC425E #42BCA0

analogous

#BC429B #BC425E #BC6342

triadic

#BC425E #5EBC42 #425EBC

tetradic

#BC425E #9BBC42 #42BCA0 #6342BC

square

#BC425E #9BBC42 #42BCA0 #6342BC

split-complementary

#BC425E #42BC63 #429BBC

monochromatic

#612231 #8F3247 #BC425E #CC6F84 #DC9CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BC425E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BC425E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC425E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC425E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC425E	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D765B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc425e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.157 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57d8b',
    500: '#bc425e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc425e;
$custom-light: #d57d8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc425e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55605,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.15396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC425E

secondary

#91C9BC

accent

#D8B950

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEF0

border

#D4C9CB

text

#150A0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC425E

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

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