#BC494D#BC494D

#BC494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.149 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC494D
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 46.63, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 51.58, 25.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1385 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.149 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4633, 15.9954, 8.8189)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC494D #49BCB8

analogous

#BC4986 #BC494D #BC7E49

triadic

#BC494D #4DBC49 #494DBC

tetradic

#BC494D #86BC49 #49BCB8 #7E49BC

square

#BC494D #86BC49 #49BCB8 #7E49BC

split-complementary

#BC494D #49BC7E #4986BC

monochromatic

#652528 #923639 #BC494D #CC7679 #DDA2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC494D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC494D	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)

#66604C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83784A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.149 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817e',
    500: '#bc494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc494d;
$custom-light: #d6817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56081,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC494D

secondary

#97CAC8

accent

#D6D152

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC494D

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

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