#BC4F53#BC4F53

#BC4F53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F53
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 83)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 44.28, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 48.58, 24.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.1321 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.141 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0985, 16.9109, 10.1244)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F53 #4FBCB8

analogous

#BC4F8A #BC4F53 #BC814F

triadic

#BC4F53 #53BC4F #4F53BC

tetradic

#BC4F53 #8ABC4F #4FBCB8 #814FBC

square

#BC4F53 #8ABC4F #4FBCB8 #814FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F53 #4FBC81 #4F8ABC

monochromatic

#69282A #95393C #BC4F53 #CD7B7E #DEA8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC4F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC4F53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F53

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F53	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58483',
    500: '#bc4f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f53;
$custom-light: #d58483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.798,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57005,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F53

secondary

#9CCBC9

accent

#D5D053

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F53

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

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