#BC4960#BC4960

#BC4960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.149 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4960
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 96)
HSL	hsl(348, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(348, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 48.21, 11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 49.46, 12.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1461 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.149 11)
XYZ	xyz(25.2348, 16.3040, 12.8822)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4960 #49BCA5

analogous

#BC4999 #BC4960 #BC6B49

triadic

#BC4960 #60BC49 #4960BC

tetradic

#BC4960 #99BC49 #49BCA5 #6B49BC

square

#BC4960 #99BC49 #49BCA5 #6B49BC

split-complementary

#BC4960 #49BC6B #4999BC

monochromatic

#652532 #923648 #BC4960 #CC7687 #DDA2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4960

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4960	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)

#626260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.149 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5818d',
    500: '#bc4960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4960;
$custom-light: #d5818d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56514,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.16301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4960

secondary

#97CAC0

accent

#D6BB52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4960

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

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