#BC5053#BC5053

#BC5053 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5053
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 83)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 43.80, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 48.25, 24.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.1306 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.14 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1711, 17.0563, 10.1486)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5053 #50BCB9

analogous

#BC5089 #BC5053 #BC8350

triadic

#BC5053 #53BC50 #5053BC

tetradic

#BC5053 #89BC50 #50BCB9 #8350BC

square

#BC5053 #89BC50 #50BCB9 #8350BC

split-complementary

#BC5053 #50BC83 #5089BC

monochromatic

#69282A #96393C #BC5053 #CD7C7E #DEA9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC5053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC5053 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5053

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5053	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58583',
    500: '#bc5053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5053;
$custom-light: #d58583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5053

secondary

#9CCBCA

accent

#D4D153

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5053

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

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