#BC4B56#BC4B56

#BC4B56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B56
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 46.41, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 49.54, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1392 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.146 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9369, 16.3985, 10.6543)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B56 #4BBCB1

analogous

#BC4B8F #BC4B56 #BC794B

triadic

#BC4B56 #56BC4B #4B56BC

tetradic

#BC4B56 #8FBC4B #4BBCB1 #794BBC

square

#BC4B56 #8FBC4B #4BBCB1 #794BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B56 #4BBC79 #4B8FBC

monochromatic

#66262C #933740 #BC4B56 #CD7880 #DDA4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B56

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B56	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58285',
    500: '#bc4b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b56;
$custom-light: #d58285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.159,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56532,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B56

secondary

#99CAC5

accent

#D5C952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B56

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

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