#BC505E#BC505E

#BC505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.140 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC505E
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 44.75, 13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 46.87, 17.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1349 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.14 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6300, 17.2398, 12.5654)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC505E #50BCAE

analogous

#BC5094 #BC505E #BC7850

triadic

#BC505E #5EBC50 #505EBC

tetradic

#BC505E #94BC50 #50BCAE #7850BC

square

#BC505E #94BC50 #50BCAE #7850BC

split-complementary

#BC505E #50BC78 #5094BC

monochromatic

#692831 #963945 #BC505E #CD7C87 #DEA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC505E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC505E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC505E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.140 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5858b',
    500: '#bc505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc505e;
$custom-light: #d5858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC505E

secondary

#9CCBC5

accent

#D4C453

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFF0

border

#D4CACB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC505E

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

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