#BC4E5A#BC4E5A

#BC4E5A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E5A
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 90)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 45.34, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 48.00, 19.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1364 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.142 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3109, 16.8814, 11.5964)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E5A #4EBCB0

analogous

#BC4E91 #BC4E5A #BC794E

triadic

#BC4E5A #5ABC4E #4E5ABC

tetradic

#BC4E5A #91BC4E #4EBCB0 #794EBC

square

#BC4E5A #91BC4E #4EBCB0 #794EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E5A #4EBC79 #4E91BC

monochromatic

#68272E #953842 #BC4E5A #CD7A83 #DEA7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC4E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E5A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E5A	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58488',
    500: '#bc4e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e5a;
$custom-light: #d58488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57024,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E5A

secondary

#9BCBC6

accent

#D5C753

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E5A

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

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