#BC4C56#BC4C56

#BC4C56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C56
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 86)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 45.95, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 49.18, 20.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1377 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.145 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0053, 16.5352, 10.6771)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C56 #4CBCB2

analogous

#BC4C8E #BC4C56 #BC7A4C

triadic

#BC4C56 #56BC4C #4C56BC

tetradic

#BC4C56 #8EBC4C #4CBCB2 #7A4CBC

square

#BC4C56 #8EBC4C #4CBCB2 #7A4CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C56 #4CBC7A #4C8EBC

monochromatic

#67272C #94373F #BC4C56 #CD7980 #DDA5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC4C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4C56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C56

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C56	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58385',
    500: '#bc4c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c56;
$custom-light: #d58385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56665,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C56

secondary

#99CAC6

accent

#D5CA53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C56

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

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