#BC475E#BC475E

#BC475E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.151 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC475E
RGB	rgb(188, 71, 94)
HSL	hsl(348, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 48.93, 11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 50.32, 13.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1481 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.151 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0146, 16.0091, 12.3603)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC475E #47BCA5

analogous

#BC4798 #BC475E #BC6A47

triadic

#BC475E #5EBC47 #475EBC

tetradic

#BC475E #98BC47 #47BCA5 #6A47BC

square

#BC475E #98BC47 #47BCA5 #6A47BC

split-complementary

#BC475E #47BC6A #4798BC

monochromatic

#642431 #913547 #BC475E #CC7485 #DDA1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC475E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC475E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC475E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC475E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC475E	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61605E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F785B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc475e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 71, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.151 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5808b',
    500: '#bc475e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc475e;
$custom-light: #d5808b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc475e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.205,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5621,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC475E

secondary

#95C9BF

accent

#D6BC52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC475E

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

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