#BC505D#BC505D

#BC505D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.139 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC505D
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 93)
HSL	hsl(353, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 44.66, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 46.96, 18.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1346 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.139 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5854, 17.2220, 12.3306)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC505D #50BCAF

analogous

#BC5093 #BC505D #BC7950

triadic

#BC505D #5DBC50 #505DBC

tetradic

#BC505D #93BC50 #50BCAF #7950BC

square

#BC505D #93BC50 #50BCAF #7950BC

split-complementary

#BC505D #50BC79 #5093BC

monochromatic

#692830 #963944 #BC505D #CD7C86 #DEA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC505D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC505D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC505D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC505D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC505D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc505d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.139 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5858a',
    500: '#bc505d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc505d;
$custom-light: #d5858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc505d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57367,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC505D

secondary

#9CCBC6

accent

#D4C553

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC505D

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

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