#BC4857#BC4857

#BC4857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.149 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4857
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 87)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 47.87, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 50.48, 18.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.144 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.149 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7788, 16.0173, 10.8018)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4857 #48BCAD

analogous

#BC4891 #BC4857 #BC7348

triadic

#BC4857 #57BC48 #4857BC

tetradic

#BC4857 #91BC48 #48BCAD #7348BC

square

#BC4857 #91BC48 #48BCAD #7348BC

split-complementary

#BC4857 #48BC73 #4891BC

monochromatic

#65252D #923541 #BC4857 #CC7580 #DDA2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC4857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC4857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4857

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4857	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)

#636057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.149 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68086',
    500: '#bc4857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4857;
$custom-light: #d68086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.241,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56167,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4857

secondary

#96CAC3

accent

#D6C552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4857

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

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