#BC4F57#BC4F57

#BC4F57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F57
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 87)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 44.61, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 47.99, 21.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1337 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.141 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2574, 16.9745, 10.9613)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F57 #4FBCB4

analogous

#BC4F8E #BC4F57 #BC7D4F

triadic

#BC4F57 #57BC4F #4F57BC

tetradic

#BC4F57 #8EBC4F #4FBCB4 #7D4FBC

square

#BC4F57 #8EBC4F #4FBCB4 #7D4FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F57 #4FBC7D #4F8EBC

monochromatic

#69282D #953940 #BC4F57 #CD7B81 #DEA8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC4F57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC4F57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F57

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F57	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)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58486',
    500: '#bc4f57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f57;
$custom-light: #d58486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.596,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57092,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F57

secondary

#9CCBC8

accent

#D5CB53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F57

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

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