#BC4E55#BC4E55

#BC4E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E55
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 44.92, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 48.62, 22.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1344 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.142 19)
XYZ	xyz(25.1052, 16.7991, 10.5131)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E55 #4EBCB5

analogous

#BC4E8C #BC4E55 #BC7E4E

triadic

#BC4E55 #55BC4E #4E55BC

tetradic

#BC4E55 #8CBC4E #4EBCB5 #7E4EBC

square

#BC4E55 #8CBC4E #4EBCB5 #7E4EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E55 #4EBC7E #4E8CBC

monochromatic

#68272C #95383E #BC4E55 #CD7A80 #DEA7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E55

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E55	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)

#686455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58484',
    500: '#bc4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e55;
$custom-light: #d58484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.16796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E55

secondary

#9BCBC8

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E55

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

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