#BC5050#BC5050

#BC5050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5050
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 43.56, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 48.78, 26.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.1294 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.14 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0578, 17.0110, 9.5518)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5050 #50BCBC

analogous

#BC5086 #BC5050 #BC8650

triadic

#BC5050 #50BC50 #5050BC

tetradic

#BC5050 #86BC50 #50BCBC #8650BC

square

#BC5050 #86BC50 #50BCBC #8650BC

split-complementary

#BC5050 #50BC86 #5086BC

monochromatic

#692828 #963939 #BC5050 #CD7C7C #DEA9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5050

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5050	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68581',
    500: '#bc5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5050;
$custom-light: #d68581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57082,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5050

secondary

#9CCBCB

accent

#D4D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5050

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

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