#BC4A54#BC4A54

#BC4A54 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A54
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 84)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 46.71, 18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 50.14, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1399 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.147 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7902, 16.2321, 10.2135)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A54 #4ABCB2

analogous

#BC4A8D #BC4A54 #BC794A

triadic

#BC4A54 #54BC4A #4A54BC

tetradic

#BC4A54 #8DBC4A #4ABCB2 #794ABC

square

#BC4A54 #8DBC4A #4ABCB2 #794ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A54 #4ABC79 #4A8DBC

monochromatic

#66262B #93363E #BC4A54 #CD777E #DDA3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC4A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4A54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A54

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A54	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68184',
    500: '#bc4a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a54;
$custom-light: #d68184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56357,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A54

secondary

#98CAC6

accent

#D6CA52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A54

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

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