#BC4457#BC4457

#BC4457 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.154 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4457
RGB	rgb(188, 68, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 49.65, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 51.90, 16.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.1496 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.154 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5286, 15.5169, 10.7184)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4457 #44BCA9

analogous

#BC4493 #BC4457 #BC6D44

triadic

#BC4457 #57BC44 #4457BC

tetradic

#BC4457 #93BC44 #44BCA9 #6D44BC

square

#BC4457 #93BC44 #44BCA9 #6D44BC

split-complementary

#BC4457 #44BC6D #4493BC

monochromatic

#62232D #8F3342 #BC4457 #CC717F #DC9EA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#BC4457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BC4457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4457

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4457	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 68, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.154 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67e86',
    500: '#bc4457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4457;
$custom-light: #d67e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55671,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4457

secondary

#93C9C0

accent

#D7C251

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4457

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →