#BC4A59#BC4A59

#BC4A59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.147 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A59
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(352, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 47.13, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 49.56, 18.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.1419 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.147 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9930, 16.3133, 11.2819)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A59 #4ABCAD

analogous

#BC4A92 #BC4A59 #BC744A

triadic

#BC4A59 #59BC4A #4A59BC

tetradic

#BC4A59 #92BC4A #4ABCAD #744ABC

square

#BC4A59 #92BC4A #4ABCAD #744ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A59 #4ABC74 #4A92BC

monochromatic

#66262E #933642 #BC4A59 #CD7782 #DDA3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A59

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A59	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.147 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58187',
    500: '#bc4a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a59;
$custom-light: #d58187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5647,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A59

secondary

#98CAC3

accent

#D6C452

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A59

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

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