#BC5148#BC5148

#BC5148 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5148
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 72)
HSL	hsl(5, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 42.49, 26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 50.21, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1247 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.14 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8534, 17.0472, 8.1113)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5148 #48B3BC

analogous

#BC4879 #BC5148 #BC8B48

triadic

#BC5148 #48BC51 #5148BC

tetradic

#BC5148 #79BC48 #48B3BC #8B48BC

square

#BC5148 #79BC48 #48B3BC #8B48BC

split-complementary

#BC5148 #48BC8B #4879BC

monochromatic

#652A25 #923C35 #BC5148 #CC7C75 #DDA6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC5148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC5148 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5148

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5148	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)

#6C6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857b',
    500: '#bc5148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5148;
$custom-light: #d6857b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.655,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57071,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5148

secondary

#96C6CA

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5148

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

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