#BC504D#BC504D

#BC504D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.140 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC504D
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 43.34, 23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 49.38, 28.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1281 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.14 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9494, 16.9676, 8.9810)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC504D #4DB9BC

analogous

#BC4D81 #BC504D #BC884D

triadic

#BC504D #4DBC50 #504DBC

tetradic

#BC504D #81BC4D #4DB9BC #884DBC

square

#BC504D #81BC4D #4DB9BC #884DBC

split-complementary

#BC504D #4DBC88 #4D81BC

monochromatic

#682927 #943A38 #BC504D #CD7C79 #DDA7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC504D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC504D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC504D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC504D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC504D	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B644C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc504d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.140 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857e',
    500: '#bc504d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc504d;
$custom-light: #d6857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc504d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57023,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC504D

secondary

#9AC9CB

accent

#D1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC504D

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

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