#BC4958#BC4958

#BC4958 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4958
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 88)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 47.50, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 50.02, 18.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1429 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.148 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8851, 16.1641, 11.0402)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4958 #49BCAD

analogous

#BC4991 #BC4958 #BC7349

triadic

#BC4958 #58BC49 #4958BC

tetradic

#BC4958 #91BC49 #49BCAD #7349BC

square

#BC4958 #91BC49 #49BCAD #7349BC

split-complementary

#BC4958 #49BC73 #4991BC

monochromatic

#65252E #923642 #BC4958 #CC7681 #DDA2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC4958 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4958

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4958	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58187',
    500: '#bc4958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4958;
$custom-light: #d58187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56318,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4958

secondary

#97CAC3

accent

#D6C552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4958

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

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