#BC494E#BC494E

#BC494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC494E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 46.71, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 51.40, 24.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1389 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.149 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4989, 16.0097, 9.0063)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC494E #49BCB7

analogous

#BC4987 #BC494E #BC7D49

triadic

#BC494E #4EBC49 #494EBC

tetradic

#BC494E #87BC49 #49BCB7 #7D49BC

square

#BC494E #87BC49 #49BCB7 #7D49BC

split-complementary

#BC494E #49BC7D #4987BC

monochromatic

#652528 #92363A #BC494E #CC767A #DDA2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC494E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC494E	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)

#65604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6817f',
    500: '#bc494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc494e;
$custom-light: #d6817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56101,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC494E

secondary

#97CAC8

accent

#D6D052

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC494E

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

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