#BC4E5E#BC4E5E

#BC4E5E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.142 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E5E
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 45.70, 13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 47.64, 16.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.138 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.142 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4858, 16.9513, 12.5173)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E5E #4EBCAC

analogous

#BC4E95 #BC4E5E #BC754E

triadic

#BC4E5E #5EBC4E #4E5EBC

tetradic

#BC4E5E #95BC4E #4EBCAC #754EBC

square

#BC4E5E #95BC4E #4EBCAC #754EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E5E #4EBC75 #4E95BC

monochromatic

#682731 #953846 #BC4E5E #CD7A86 #DEA7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC4E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC4E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E5E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E5E	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.142 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5848b',
    500: '#bc4e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e5e;
$custom-light: #d5848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57119,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E5E

secondary

#9BCBC4

accent

#D5C253

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E5E

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

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