#BC4C57#BC4C57

#BC4C57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C57
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 87)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 46.03, 16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 49.06, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1381 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.145 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0458, 16.5515, 10.8908)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C57 #4CBCB1

analogous

#BC4C8F #BC4C57 #BC794C

triadic

#BC4C57 #57BC4C #4C57BC

tetradic

#BC4C57 #8FBC4C #4CBCB1 #794CBC

square

#BC4C57 #8FBC4C #4CBCB1 #794CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C57 #4CBC79 #4C8FBC

monochromatic

#67272D #943740 #BC4C57 #CD7981 #DDA5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4C57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C57

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C57	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58386',
    500: '#bc4c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c57;
$custom-light: #d58386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56687,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C57

secondary

#99CAC6

accent

#D5C853

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C57

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

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