#BC4A55#BC4A55

#BC4A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A55
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 85)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 46.79, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 50.01, 20.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1403 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.147 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8296, 16.2479, 10.4212)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A55 #4ABCB1

analogous

#BC4A8E #BC4A55 #BC784A

triadic

#BC4A55 #55BC4A #4A55BC

tetradic

#BC4A55 #8EBC4A #4ABCB1 #784ABC

square

#BC4A55 #8EBC4A #4ABCB1 #784ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A55 #4ABC78 #4A8EBC

monochromatic

#66262C #93363F #BC4A55 #CD777F #DDA3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A55

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A55	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68184',
    500: '#bc4a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a55;
$custom-light: #d68184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56379,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A55

secondary

#98CAC5

accent

#D6C952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A55

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

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