#BC4553#BC4553

#BC4553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.153 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4553
RGB	rgb(188, 69, 83)
HSL	hsl(353, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 48.89, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 51.98, 19.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.1466 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.153 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4306, 15.5753, 9.9018)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4553 #45BCAE

analogous

#BC458F #BC4553 #BC7245

triadic

#BC4553 #53BC45 #4553BC

tetradic

#BC4553 #8FBC45 #45BCAE #7245BC

square

#BC4553 #8FBC45 #45BCAE #7245BC

split-complementary

#BC4553 #45BC72 #458FBC

monochromatic

#63242B #90343F #BC4553 #CC727D #DC9FA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#BC4553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#BC4553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4553

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4553	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD2F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 69, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.153 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67f83',
    500: '#bc4553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4553;
$custom-light: #d67f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55702,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4553

secondary

#94C9C3

accent

#D7C751

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4553

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

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