#BC4D53#BC4D53

#BC4D53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.143 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D53
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 45.23, 19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 49.26, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1351 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.143 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9564, 16.6267, 10.0770)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D53 #4DBCB6

analogous

#BC4D8B #BC4D53 #BC7F4D

triadic

#BC4D53 #53BC4D #4D53BC

tetradic

#BC4D53 #8BBC4D #4DBCB6 #7F4DBC

square

#BC4D53 #8BBC4D #4DBCB6 #7F4DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D53 #4DBC7F #4D8BBC

monochromatic

#68272A #94383D #BC4D53 #CD797E #DDA6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC4D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D53

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D53	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.143 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68383',
    500: '#bc4d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d53;
$custom-light: #d68383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56733,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D53

secondary

#9ACBC8

accent

#D5CE53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D53

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

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