#BC4E57#BC4E57

#BC4E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E57
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 45.09, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 48.35, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1352 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.142 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1858, 16.8313, 10.9375)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E57 #4EBCB3

analogous

#BC4E8E #BC4E57 #BC7C4E

triadic

#BC4E57 #57BC4E #4E57BC

tetradic

#BC4E57 #8EBC4E #4EBCB3 #7C4EBC

square

#BC4E57 #8EBC4E #4EBCB3 #7C4EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E57 #4EBC7C #4E8EBC

monochromatic

#68272D #953840 #BC4E57 #CD7A81 #DEA7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E57

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E57	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58486',
    500: '#bc4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e57;
$custom-light: #d58486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56955,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E57

secondary

#9BCBC7

accent

#D5CA53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E57

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

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