#BC5149#BC5149

#BC5149 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5149
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 42.56, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 49.97, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% 0.1251 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.14 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8863, 17.0604, 8.2845)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5149 #49B4BC

analogous

#BC497A #BC5149 #BC8A49

triadic

#BC5149 #49BC51 #5149BC

tetradic

#BC5149 #7ABC49 #49B4BC #8A49BC

square

#BC5149 #7ABC49 #49B4BC #8A49BC

split-complementary

#BC5149 #49BC8A #497ABC

monochromatic

#652A25 #923C36 #BC5149 #CC7C76 #DDA7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC5149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC5149 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5149

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5149	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)

#6C6548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857c',
    500: '#bc5149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5149;
$custom-light: #d6857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57089,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5149

secondary

#97C6CA

accent

#CDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5149

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

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