#BC4D50#BC4D50

#BC4D50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.144 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D50
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 80)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 45.00, 21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 49.75, 25.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1339 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.144 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8430, 16.5814, 9.4802)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D50 #4DBCB9

analogous

#BC4D88 #BC4D50 #BC814D

triadic

#BC4D50 #50BC4D #4D50BC

tetradic

#BC4D50 #88BC4D #4DBCB9 #814DBC

square

#BC4D50 #88BC4D #4DBCB9 #814DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D50 #4DBC81 #4D88BC

monochromatic

#682729 #94383A #BC4D50 #CD797C #DDA6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D50

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D50	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)

#68634F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.144 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68381',
    500: '#bc4d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d50;
$custom-light: #d68381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.378,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56671,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D50

secondary

#9ACBC9

accent

#D5D153

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D50

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

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