#BC4A56#BC4A56

#BC4A56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A56
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 86)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 46.88, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 49.89, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1407 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.147 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8696, 16.2639, 10.6319)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A56 #4ABCB0

analogous

#BC4A8F #BC4A56 #BC774A

triadic

#BC4A56 #56BC4A #4A56BC

tetradic

#BC4A56 #8FBC4A #4ABCB0 #774ABC

square

#BC4A56 #8FBC4A #4ABCB0 #774ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A56 #4ABC77 #4A8FBC

monochromatic

#66262C #933640 #BC4A56 #CD7780 #DDA3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC4A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC4A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A56

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A56	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)

#656156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58185',
    500: '#bc4a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a56;
$custom-light: #d58185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56402,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A56

secondary

#98CAC5

accent

#D6C852

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A56

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

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