#BC4E59#BC4E59

#BC4E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E59
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 45.26, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 48.11, 19.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.136 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.142 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2686, 16.8645, 11.3738)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E59 #4EBCB1

analogous

#BC4E90 #BC4E59 #BC7A4E

triadic

#BC4E59 #59BC4E #4E59BC

tetradic

#BC4E59 #90BC4E #4EBCB1 #7A4EBC

square

#BC4E59 #90BC4E #4EBCB1 #7A4EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E59 #4EBC7A #4E90BC

monochromatic

#68272E #953841 #BC4E59 #CD7A83 #DEA7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E59

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E59	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58487',
    500: '#bc4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e59;
$custom-light: #d58487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57001,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E59

secondary

#9BCBC6

accent

#D5C853

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E59

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

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