#BC4D55#BC4D55

#BC4D55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D55
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 45.39, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 48.97, 22.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% 0.1359 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.143 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0347, 16.6581, 10.4896)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D55 #4DBCB4

analogous

#BC4D8C #BC4D55 #BC7D4D

triadic

#BC4D55 #55BC4D #4D55BC

tetradic

#BC4D55 #8CBC4D #4DBCB4 #7D4DBC

square

#BC4D55 #8CBC4D #4DBCB4 #7D4DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D55 #4DBC7D #4D8CBC

monochromatic

#68272C #94383E #BC4D55 #CD797F #DDA6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D55

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D55	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58384',
    500: '#bc4d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d55;
$custom-light: #d58384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.676,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56776,
    "c": 0.14331,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D55

secondary

#9ACBC7

accent

#D5CC53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D55

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

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