#BC4D61#BC4D61

#BC4D61 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.144 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4D61
RGB	rgb(188, 77, 97)
HSL	hsl(349, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 46.45, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 47.85, 13.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1406 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.144 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5525, 16.8652, 13.2166)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4D61 #4DBCA8

analogous

#BC4D99 #BC4D61 #BC714D

triadic

#BC4D61 #61BC4D #4D61BC

tetradic

#BC4D61 #99BC4D #4DBCA8 #714DBC

square

#BC4D61 #99BC4D #4DBCA8 #714DBC

split-complementary

#BC4D61 #4DBC71 #4D99BC

monochromatic

#682733 #943848 #BC4D61 #CD7988 #DDA6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4D61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4D61

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4D61	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 77, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.144 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5838d',
    500: '#bc4d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4d61;
$custom-light: #d5838d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.189,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5706,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4D61

secondary

#9ACBC2

accent

#D5BE53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4D61

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

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