#BC4F59#BC4F59

#BC4F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.141 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F59
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 44.78, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 47.74, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1345 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.141 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3402, 17.0076, 11.3976)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F59 #4FBCB2

analogous

#BC4F90 #BC4F59 #BC7B4F

triadic

#BC4F59 #59BC4F #4F59BC

tetradic

#BC4F59 #90BC4F #4FBCB2 #7B4FBC

square

#BC4F59 #90BC4F #4FBCB2 #7B4FBC

split-complementary

#BC4F59 #4FBC7B #4F90BC

monochromatic

#69282E #953941 #BC4F59 #CD7B83 #DEA8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC4F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC4F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F59

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F59	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)

#686559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.141 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58487',
    500: '#bc4f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f59;
$custom-light: #d58487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.495,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57137,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F59

secondary

#9CCBC7

accent

#D5C953

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F59

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

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