#BC4957#BC4957

#BC4957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4957
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 87)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 47.42, 16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 50.13, 18.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1425 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.148 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8440, 16.1477, 10.8235)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4957 #49BCAE

analogous

#BC4990 #BC4957 #BC7449

triadic

#BC4957 #57BC49 #4957BC

tetradic

#BC4957 #90BC49 #49BCAE #7449BC

square

#BC4957 #90BC49 #49BCAE #7449BC

split-complementary

#BC4957 #49BC74 #4990BC

monochromatic

#65252D #923641 #BC4957 #CC7680 #DDA2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC4957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4957

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4957	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58186',
    500: '#bc4957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4957;
$custom-light: #d58186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56295,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4957

secondary

#97CAC4

accent

#D6C652

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4957

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

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