#BC495E#BC495E

#BC495E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC495E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 94)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 48.03, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 49.56, 14.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.1453 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.149 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1439, 16.2677, 12.4034)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC495E #49BCA7

analogous

#BC4998 #BC495E #BC6D49

triadic

#BC495E #5EBC49 #495EBC

tetradic

#BC495E #98BC49 #49BCA7 #6D49BC

square

#BC495E #98BC49 #49BCA7 #6D49BC

split-complementary

#BC495E #49BC6D #4998BC

monochromatic

#652531 #923647 #BC495E #CC7686 #DDA2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC495E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC495E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC495E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC495E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC495E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63625E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc495e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5818b',
    500: '#bc495e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc495e;
$custom-light: #d5818b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc495e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56463,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC495E

secondary

#97CAC1

accent

#D6BE52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC495E

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

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