#BC4B59#BC4B59

#BC4B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.146 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4B59
RGB	rgb(188, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 46.67, 15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 49.20, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1404 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.146 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0603, 16.4479, 11.3043)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4B59 #4BBCAE

analogous

#BC4B92 #BC4B59 #BC764B

triadic

#BC4B59 #59BC4B #4B59BC

tetradic

#BC4B59 #92BC4B #4BBCAE #764BBC

square

#BC4B59 #92BC4B #4BBCAE #764BBC

split-complementary

#BC4B59 #4BBC76 #4B92BC

monochromatic

#66262E #933742 #BC4B59 #CD7882 #DDA4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4B59

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4B59	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.146 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58287',
    500: '#bc4b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4b59;
$custom-light: #d58287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.566,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56601,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4B59

secondary

#99CAC4

accent

#D5C552

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4B59

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

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