#BC4A53#BC4A53

#BC4A53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.147 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A53
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 83)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 46.63, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 50.28, 21.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1395 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.147 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7513, 16.2166, 10.0087)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A53 #4ABCB3

analogous

#BC4A8C #BC4A53 #BC7A4A

triadic

#BC4A53 #53BC4A #4A53BC

tetradic

#BC4A53 #8CBC4A #4ABCB3 #7A4ABC

square

#BC4A53 #8CBC4A #4ABCB3 #7A4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A53 #4ABC7A #4A8CBC

monochromatic

#66262B #93363E #BC4A53 #CD777D #DDA3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC4A53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A53

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A53	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)

#656153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.147 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68183',
    500: '#bc4a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a53;
$custom-light: #d68183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56335,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A53

secondary

#98CAC6

accent

#D6CB52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A53

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

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