#BC4E53#BC4E53

#BC4E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E53
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 44.76, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 48.92, 23.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1336 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.142 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0269, 16.7678, 10.1005)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E53 #4EBCB7

analogous

#BC4E8A #BC4E53 #BC804E

triadic

#BC4E53 #53BC4E #4E53BC

tetradic

#BC4E53 #8ABC4E #4EBCB7 #804EBC

square

#BC4E53 #8ABC4E #4EBCB7 #804EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E53 #4EBC80 #4E8ABC

monochromatic

#68272A #95383C #BC4E53 #CD7A7E #DEA7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E53

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E53	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58483',
    500: '#bc4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e53;
$custom-light: #d58483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56868,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E53

secondary

#9BCBC9

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E53

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

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