#BC4955#BC4955

#BC4955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4955
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 85)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 47.25, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 50.36, 20.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1417 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.148 17)
XYZ	xyz(24.7634, 16.1155, 10.3991)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4955 #49BCB0

analogous

#BC498E #BC4955 #BC7649

triadic

#BC4955 #55BC49 #4955BC

tetradic

#BC4955 #8EBC49 #49BCB0 #7649BC

square

#BC4955 #8EBC49 #49BCB0 #7649BC

split-complementary

#BC4955 #49BC76 #498EBC

monochromatic

#65252C #92363F #BC4955 #CC767F #DDA2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC4955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4955

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4955	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD354E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68184',
    500: '#bc4955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4955;
$custom-light: #d68184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5625,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.16112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4955

secondary

#97CAC5

accent

#D6C852

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4955

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

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