#BC4D56#BC4D56

#BC4D56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D56
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 86)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 45.48, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 48.83, 21.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.1363 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.143 18)
XYZ	xyz(25.0747, 16.6741, 10.7003)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D56 #4DBCB3

analogous

#BC4D8E #BC4D56 #BC7C4D

triadic

#BC4D56 #56BC4D #4D56BC

tetradic

#BC4D56 #8EBC4D #4DBCB3 #7C4DBC

square

#BC4D56 #8EBC4D #4DBCB3 #7C4DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D56 #4DBC7C #4D8EBC

monochromatic

#68272C #94383F #BC4D56 #CD7980 #DDA6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC4D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D56

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D56	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)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58385',
    500: '#bc4d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d56;
$custom-light: #d58385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56798,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.16671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D56

secondary

#9ACBC7

accent

#D5CA53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D56

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

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