#BC4E5B#BC4E5B

#BC4E5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.142 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E5B
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 91)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 45.43, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 47.90, 18.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1368 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.142 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3538, 16.8985, 11.8221)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E5B #4EBCAF

analogous

#BC4E92 #BC4E5B #BC784E

triadic

#BC4E5B #5BBC4E #4E5BBC

tetradic

#BC4E5B #92BC4E #4EBCAF #784EBC

square

#BC4E5B #92BC4E #4EBCAF #784EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E5B #4EBC78 #4E92BC

monochromatic

#68272F #953843 #BC4E5B #CD7A84 #DEA7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC4E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC4E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E5B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E5B	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)

#67645B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.142 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58489',
    500: '#bc4e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e5b;
$custom-light: #d58489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57047,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E5B

secondary

#9BCBC5

accent

#D5C553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E5B

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

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