#BC4D59#BC4D59

#BC4D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.143 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D59
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 45.73, 16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 48.47, 19.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1375 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.143 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1981, 16.7235, 11.3503)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D59 #4DBCB0

analogous

#BC4D90 #BC4D59 #BC794D

triadic

#BC4D59 #59BC4D #4D59BC

tetradic

#BC4D59 #90BC4D #4DBCB0 #794DBC

square

#BC4D59 #90BC4D #4DBCB0 #794DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D59 #4DBC79 #4D90BC

monochromatic

#68272E #943842 #BC4D59 #CD7982 #DDA6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D59

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D59	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.143 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58387',
    500: '#bc4d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d59;
$custom-light: #d58387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.514,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56866,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D59

secondary

#9ACBC5

accent

#D5C753

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D59

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

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