#BC4A51#BC4A51

#BC4A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A51
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 81)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 46.48, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 50.58, 23.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1387 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.147 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6752, 16.1861, 9.6078)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A51 #4ABCB5

analogous

#BC4A8A #BC4A51 #BC7C4A

triadic

#BC4A51 #51BC4A #4A51BC

tetradic

#BC4A51 #8ABC4A #4ABCB5 #7C4ABC

square

#BC4A51 #8ABC4A #4ABCB5 #7C4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A51 #4ABC7C #4A8ABC

monochromatic

#66262A #93363C #BC4A51 #CD777C #DDA3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC4A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A51

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A51	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)

#666151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68181',
    500: '#bc4a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a51;
$custom-light: #d68181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.316,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56293,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A51

secondary

#98CAC7

accent

#D6CE52

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A51

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

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