#BC485B#BC485B

#BC485B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.150 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC485B
RGB	rgb(188, 72, 91)
HSL	hsl(350, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 48.21, 13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 50.13, 15.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1455 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.15 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9468, 16.0845, 11.6864)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC485B #48BCA9

analogous

#BC4895 #BC485B #BC6F48

triadic

#BC485B #5BBC48 #485BBC

tetradic

#BC485B #95BC48 #48BCA9 #6F48BC

square

#BC485B #95BC48 #48BCA9 #6F48BC

split-complementary

#BC485B #48BC6F #4895BC

monochromatic

#65252F #923544 #BC485B #CC7583 #DDA2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC485B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC485B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC485B

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC485B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC485B	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc485b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 72, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.150 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58089',
    500: '#bc485b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc485b;
$custom-light: #d58089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc485b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.172,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56262,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC485B

secondary

#96CAC1

accent

#D6C052

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC485B

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

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