#BC4C55#BC4C55

#BC4C55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.145 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C55
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 85)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 45.86, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 49.31, 21.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1373 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.145 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9653, 16.5192, 10.4664)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C55 #4CBCB3

analogous

#BC4C8D #BC4C55 #BC7B4C

triadic

#BC4C55 #55BC4C #4C55BC

tetradic

#BC4C55 #8DBC4C #4CBCB3 #7B4CBC

square

#BC4C55 #8DBC4C #4CBCB3 #7B4CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C55 #4CBC7B #4C8DBC

monochromatic

#67272C #94373F #BC4C55 #CD797F #DDA5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC4C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C55

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C55	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.145 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58384',
    500: '#bc4c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c55;
$custom-light: #d58384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.179,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56642,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C55

secondary

#99CAC7

accent

#D5CB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C55

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

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