#BC4C59#BC4C59

#BC4C59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.145 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4C59
RGB	rgb(188, 76, 89)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 46.20, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 48.83, 18.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1389 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.145 16)
XYZ	xyz(25.1287, 16.5846, 11.3271)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4C59 #4CBCAF

analogous

#BC4C91 #BC4C59 #BC774C

triadic

#BC4C59 #59BC4C #4C59BC

tetradic

#BC4C59 #91BC4C #4CBCAF #774CBC

square

#BC4C59 #91BC4C #4CBCAF #774CBC

split-complementary

#BC4C59 #4CBC77 #4C91BC

monochromatic

#67272E #943742 #BC4C59 #CD7982 #DDA5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4C59

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4C59	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 76, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.145 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58387',
    500: '#bc4c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4c59;
$custom-light: #d58387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.036,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56733,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4C59

secondary

#99CAC5

accent

#D5C653

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4C59

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

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