#BC5046#BC5046

#BC5046 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5046
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 70)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.10, 42.84, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.10, 50.98, 32.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1254 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.142 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7155, 16.8740, 7.7487)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5046 #46B2BC

analogous

#BC4677 #BC5046 #BC8B46

triadic

#BC5046 #46BC50 #5046BC

tetradic

#BC5046 #77BC46 #46B2BC #8B46BC

square

#BC5046 #77BC46 #46B2BC #8B46BC

split-complementary

#BC5046 #46BC8B #4677BC

monochromatic

#642924 #903C34 #BC5046 #CC7A73 #DDA5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC5046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC5046 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5046

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5046	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68579',
    500: '#bc5046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5046;
$custom-light: #d68579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.085,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5046

secondary

#95C5C9

accent

#CBD651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5046

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

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