#BC4E54#BC4E54

#BC4E54 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E54
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 84)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 44.84, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 48.77, 23.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.134 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.142 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0658, 16.7833, 10.3053)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E54 #4EBCB6

analogous

#BC4E8B #BC4E54 #BC7F4E

triadic

#BC4E54 #54BC4E #4E54BC

tetradic

#BC4E54 #8BBC4E #4EBCB6 #7F4EBC

square

#BC4E54 #8BBC4E #4EBCB6 #7F4EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E54 #4EBC7F #4E8BBC

monochromatic

#68272B #95383D #BC4E54 #CD7A7F #DEA7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC4E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC4E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E54

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E54	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58484',
    500: '#bc4e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e54;
$custom-light: #d58484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E54

secondary

#9BCBC8

accent

#D5CE53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E54

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

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