#BC495F#BC495F

#BC495F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC495F
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 95)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 48.12, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 49.51, 13.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1457 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.149 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1891, 16.2857, 12.6412)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC495F #49BCA6

analogous

#BC4998 #BC495F #BC6C49

triadic

#BC495F #5FBC49 #495FBC

tetradic

#BC495F #98BC49 #49BCA6 #6C49BC

square

#BC495F #98BC49 #49BCA6 #6C49BC

split-complementary

#BC495F #49BC6C #4998BC

monochromatic

#652532 #923647 #BC495F #CC7686 #DDA2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC495F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC495F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC495F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC495F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC495F	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62625F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc495f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5818c',
    500: '#bc495f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc495f;
$custom-light: #d5818c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc495f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56488,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC495F

secondary

#97CAC0

accent

#D6BD52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC495F

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

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