#BC4C53#BC4C53

#BC4C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.145 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C53
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 83)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 45.70, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 49.60, 22.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.1365 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.145 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8869, 16.4879, 10.0539)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C53 #4CBCB5

analogous

#BC4C8B #BC4C53 #BC7D4C

triadic

#BC4C53 #53BC4C #4C53BC

tetradic

#BC4C53 #8BBC4C #4CBCB5 #7D4CBC

square

#BC4C53 #8BBC4C #4CBCB5 #7D4CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C53 #4CBC7D #4C8BBC

monochromatic

#67272B #94373D #BC4C53 #CD797E #DDA5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC4C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C53

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C53	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.145 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68383',
    500: '#bc4c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c53;
$custom-light: #d68383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56599,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C53

secondary

#99CAC7

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C53

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

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