#BC4954#BC4954

#BC4954 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.148 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4954
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 84)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 47.17, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 50.49, 20.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1413 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.148 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7239, 16.0997, 10.1914)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4954 #49BCB1

analogous

#BC498D #BC4954 #BC7749

triadic

#BC4954 #54BC49 #4954BC

tetradic

#BC4954 #8DBC49 #49BCB1 #7749BC

square

#BC4954 #8DBC49 #49BCB1 #7749BC

split-complementary

#BC4954 #49BC77 #498DBC

monochromatic

#65252B #92363F #BC4954 #CC767E #DDA2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC4954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4954 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4954

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4954	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)

#646154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.148 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68184',
    500: '#bc4954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4954;
$custom-light: #d68184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56228,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4954

secondary

#97CAC5

accent

#D6C952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4954

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

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