#BC4F56#BC4F56

#BC4F56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F56
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 86)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 44.53, 18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 48.13, 22.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1333 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.141 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2168, 16.9583, 10.7476)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F56 #4FBCB5

analogous

#BC4F8C #BC4F56 #BC7F4F

triadic

#BC4F56 #56BC4F #4F56BC

tetradic

#BC4F56 #8CBC4F #4FBCB5 #7F4FBC

square

#BC4F56 #8CBC4F #4FBCB5 #7F4FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F56 #4FBC7F #4F8CBC

monochromatic

#69282C #95393F #BC4F56 #CD7B81 #DEA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC4F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC4F56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F56

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F56	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)

#686456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58485',
    500: '#bc4f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f56;
$custom-light: #d58485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.147,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F56

secondary

#9CCBC8

accent

#D5CC53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F56

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

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