#BC504A#BC504A

#BC504A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC504A
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 43.12, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 50.03, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.127 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.141 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8459, 16.9262, 8.4359)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC504A #4AB6BC

analogous

#BC4A7D #BC504A #BC894A

triadic

#BC504A #4ABC50 #504ABC

tetradic

#BC504A #7DBC4A #4AB6BC #894ABC

square

#BC504A #7DBC4A #4AB6BC #894ABC

split-complementary

#BC504A #4ABC89 #4A7DBC

monochromatic

#662926 #933B36 #BC504A #CD7B77 #DDA6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC504A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC504A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC504A

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC504A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC504A	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)

#6B6449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc504a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857c',
    500: '#bc504a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc504a;
$custom-light: #d6857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc504a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC504A

secondary

#98C7CA

accent

#CFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC504A

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

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