#BC4F55#BC4F55

#BC4F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F55
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 44.44, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 48.27, 22.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% 0.1329 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.141 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1768, 16.9423, 10.5369)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F55 #4FBCB6

analogous

#BC4F8C #BC4F55 #BC7F4F

triadic

#BC4F55 #55BC4F #4F55BC

tetradic

#BC4F55 #8CBC4F #4FBCB6 #7F4FBC

square

#BC4F55 #8CBC4F #4FBCB6 #7F4FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F55 #4FBC7F #4F8CBC

monochromatic

#69282B #95393E #BC4F55 #CD7B80 #DEA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC4F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC4F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F55

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F55	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58484',
    500: '#bc4f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f55;
$custom-light: #d58484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.697,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57048,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F55

secondary

#9CCBC9

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F55

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

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