#BC4E62#BC4E62

#BC4E62 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.142 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E62
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 98)
HSL	hsl(349, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 46.08, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 47.41, 13.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1395 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.142 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6699, 17.0250, 13.4872)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E62 #4EBCA8

analogous

#BC4E99 #BC4E62 #BC714E

triadic

#BC4E62 #62BC4E #4E62BC

tetradic

#BC4E62 #99BC4E #4EBCA8 #714EBC

square

#BC4E62 #99BC4E #4EBCA8 #714EBC

split-complementary

#BC4E62 #4EBC71 #4E99BC

monochromatic

#682733 #953849 #BC4E62 #CD7A89 #DEA7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC4E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC4E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4E62

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4E62	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.142 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5848e',
    500: '#bc4e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e62;
$custom-light: #d5848e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57219,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E62

secondary

#9BCBC2

accent

#D5BD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E62

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

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