#BC4A62#BC4A62

#BC4A62 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.148 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A62
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 98)
HSL	hsl(347, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 47.94, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 49.01, 11.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1454 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.148 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3943, 16.4738, 13.3954)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A62 #4ABCA4

analogous

#BC4A9B #BC4A62 #BC6B4A

triadic

#BC4A62 #62BC4A #4A62BC

tetradic

#BC4A62 #9BBC4A #4ABCA4 #6B4ABC

square

#BC4A62 #9BBC4A #4ABCA4 #6B4ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A62 #4ABC6B #4A9BBC

monochromatic

#662633 #93364A #BC4A62 #CD7789 #DDA3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4A62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A62

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A62	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80795F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.148 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5828e',
    500: '#bc4a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a62;
$custom-light: #d5828e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56693,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A62

secondary

#98CABF

accent

#D6BA52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A62

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

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