#BC4450#BC4450

#BC4450 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.154 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4450
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 80)
HSL	hsl(354, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, 49.10, 19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 52.72, 21.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1468 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.154 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2563, 15.4080, 9.2846)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4450 #44BCB0

analogous

#BC448C #BC4450 #BC7444

triadic

#BC4450 #50BC44 #4450BC

tetradic

#BC4450 #8CBC44 #44BCB0 #7444BC

square

#BC4450 #8CBC44 #44BCB0 #7444BC

split-complementary

#BC4450 #44BC74 #448CBC

monochromatic

#62232A #8F333D #BC4450 #CC717A #DC9EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#BC4450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#BC4450 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4450

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4450	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)

#625E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.154 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67e81',
    500: '#bc4450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4450;
$custom-light: #d67e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55514,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4450

secondary

#93C9C3

accent

#D7C951

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4450

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

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