#BC5049#BC5049

#BC5049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.141 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5049
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 43.05, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 50.26, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1266 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.141 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8125, 16.9128, 8.2599)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5049 #49B5BC

analogous

#BC497B #BC5049 #BC8949

triadic

#BC5049 #49BC50 #5049BC

tetradic

#BC5049 #7BBC49 #49B5BC #8949BC

square

#BC5049 #7BBC49 #49B5BC #8949BC

split-complementary

#BC5049 #49BC89 #497BBC

monochromatic

#652925 #923B36 #BC5049 #CC7B76 #DDA6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC5049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC5049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5049

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5049	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.141 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857c',
    500: '#bc5049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5049;
$custom-light: #d6857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56948,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5049

secondary

#97C7CA

accent

#CED652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5049

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

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