#BC4B53#BC4B53

#BC4B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B53
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 83)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 46.17, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 49.94, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.138 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.146 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8186, 16.3512, 10.0311)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B53 #4BBCB4

analogous

#BC4B8C #BC4B53 #BC7C4B

triadic

#BC4B53 #53BC4B #4B53BC

tetradic

#BC4B53 #8CBC4B #4BBCB4 #7C4BBC

square

#BC4B53 #8CBC4B #4BBCB4 #7C4BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B53 #4BBC7C #4B8CBC

monochromatic

#66262B #93373D #BC4B53 #CD787E #DDA4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC4B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC4B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B53

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B53	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68283',
    500: '#bc4b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b53;
$custom-light: #d68283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.752,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56467,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B53

secondary

#99CAC7

accent

#D5CC52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B53

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

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