#BC4E50#BC4E50

#BC4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E50
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 44.52, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 49.43, 25.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1324 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.142 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9135, 16.7224, 9.5037)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E50 #4EBCBA

analogous

#BC4E87 #BC4E50 #BC834E

triadic

#BC4E50 #50BC4E #4E50BC

tetradic

#BC4E50 #87BC4E #4EBCBA #834EBC

square

#BC4E50 #87BC4E #4EBCBA #834EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E50 #4EBC83 #4E87BC

monochromatic

#682729 #95383A #BC4E50 #CD7A7C #DEA7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E50

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E50	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)

#69634F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68481',
    500: '#bc4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e50;
$custom-light: #d68481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56806,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E50

secondary

#9BCBCA

accent

#D5D253

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E50

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

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