#BC4E56#BC4E56

#BC4E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E56
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 45.00, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 48.48, 21.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1348 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.142 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1452, 16.8151, 10.7238)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E56 #4EBCB4

analogous

#BC4E8D #BC4E56 #BC7D4E

triadic

#BC4E56 #56BC4E #4E56BC

tetradic

#BC4E56 #8DBC4E #4EBCB4 #7D4EBC

square

#BC4E56 #8DBC4E #4EBCB4 #7D4EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E56 #4EBC7D #4E8DBC

monochromatic

#68272C #95383F #BC4E56 #CD7A80 #DEA7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E56

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E56	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58485',
    500: '#bc4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e56;
$custom-light: #d58485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56933,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E56

secondary

#9BCBC7

accent

#D5CB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E56

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

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