#BC495A#BC495A

#BC495A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.148 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC495A
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 90)
HSL	hsl(351, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 47.67, 14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 49.84, 16.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1437 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.148 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9691, 16.1977, 11.4825)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC495A #49BCAB

analogous

#BC4993 #BC495A #BC7149

triadic

#BC495A #5ABC49 #495ABC

tetradic

#BC495A #93BC49 #49BCAB #7149BC

square

#BC495A #93BC49 #49BCAB #7149BC

split-complementary

#BC495A #49BC71 #4993BC

monochromatic

#65252F #923643 #BC495A #CC7683 #DDA2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC495A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC495A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC495A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC495A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC495A	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63615A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc495a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.148 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58188',
    500: '#bc495a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc495a;
$custom-light: #d58188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc495a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.13,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56365,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC495A

secondary

#97CAC2

accent

#D6C252

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC495A

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

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