#BC4C50#BC4C50

#BC4C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C50
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 45.47, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 50.08, 24.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1353 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.145 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7736, 16.4426, 9.4570)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C50 #4CBCB8

analogous

#BC4C88 #BC4C50 #BC804C

triadic

#BC4C50 #50BC4C #4C50BC

tetradic

#BC4C50 #88BC4C #4CBCB8 #804CBC

square

#BC4C50 #88BC4C #4CBCB8 #804CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C50 #4CBC80 #4C88BC

monochromatic

#672729 #94373B #BC4C50 #CD797C #DDA5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC4C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC4C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C50

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C50	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)

#67624F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68281',
    500: '#bc4c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c50;
$custom-light: #d68281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56536,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C50

secondary

#99CAC9

accent

#D5D153

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C50

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

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