#BC504B#BC504B

#BC504B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.141 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC504B
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 43.19, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 49.80, 29.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.1274 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.141 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8799, 16.9398, 8.6148)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC504B #4BB7BC

analogous

#BC4B7F #BC504B #BC894B

triadic

#BC504B #4BBC50 #504BBC

tetradic

#BC504B #7FBC4B #4BB7BC #894BBC

square

#BC504B #7FBC4B #4BB7BC #894BBC

split-complementary

#BC504B #4BBC89 #4B7FBC

monochromatic

#662926 #933B37 #BC504B #CD7B78 #DDA7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC504B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC504B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC504B

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC504B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC504B	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B644A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc504b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.141 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857d',
    500: '#bc504b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc504b;
$custom-light: #d6857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc504b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.655,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56985,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC504B

secondary

#99C8CA

accent

#D0D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC504B

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

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