#BC504E#BC504E

#BC504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.140 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC504E
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 43.41, 23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 49.17, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1286 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.14 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9850, 16.9818, 9.1684)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC504E #4EBABC

analogous

#BC4E83 #BC504E #BC874E

triadic

#BC504E #4EBC50 #504EBC

tetradic

#BC504E #83BC4E #4EBABC #874EBC

square

#BC504E #83BC4E #4EBABC #874EBC

split-complementary

#BC504E #4EBC87 #4E83BC

monochromatic

#682927 #953A38 #BC504E #CD7C7A #DEA8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC504E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC504E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.140 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857f',
    500: '#bc504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc504e;
$custom-light: #d6857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC504E

secondary

#9BCACB

accent

#D2D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC504E

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

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