#BC4959#BC4959

#BC4959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.148 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4959
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 47.59, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 49.93, 17.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1433 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.148 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9268, 16.1808, 11.2598)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4959 #49BCAC

analogous

#BC4992 #BC4959 #BC7249

triadic

#BC4959 #59BC49 #4959BC

tetradic

#BC4959 #92BC49 #49BCAC #7249BC

square

#BC4959 #92BC49 #49BCAC #7249BC

split-complementary

#BC4959 #49BC72 #4992BC

monochromatic

#65252E #923643 #BC4959 #CC7682 #DDA2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4959

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4959	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.148 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58187',
    500: '#bc4959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4959;
$custom-light: #d58187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56341,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4959

secondary

#97CAC3

accent

#D6C352

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4959

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

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