#BC494F#BC494F

#BC494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.148 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC494F
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 46.78, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 51.23, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1393 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.148 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5351, 16.0241, 9.1966)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC494F #49BCB6

analogous

#BC4988 #BC494F #BC7C49

triadic

#BC494F #4FBC49 #494FBC

tetradic

#BC494F #88BC49 #49BCB6 #7C49BC

square

#BC494F #88BC49 #49BCB6 #7C49BC

split-complementary

#BC494F #49BC7C #4988BC

monochromatic

#652529 #92363B #BC494F #CC767A #DDA2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#BC494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#BC494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC494F

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC494F	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)

#65604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.148 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68180',
    500: '#bc494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc494f;
$custom-light: #d68180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56121,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC494F

secondary

#97CAC7

accent

#D6CF52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC494F

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

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