#BC514B#BC514B

#BC514B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.140 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC514B
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 42.71, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 49.51, 30.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1258 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.14 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9537, 17.0873, 8.6394)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC514B #4BB6BC

analogous

#BC4B7E #BC514B #BC8A4B

triadic

#BC514B #4BBC51 #514BBC

tetradic

#BC514B #7EBC4B #4BB6BC #8A4BBC

square

#BC514B #7EBC4B #4BB6BC #8A4BBC

split-complementary

#BC514B #4BBC8A #4B7EBC

monochromatic

#662A26 #933C37 #BC514B #CD7C78 #DDA7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC514B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC514B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC514B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC514B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC514B	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc514b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.140 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857d',
    500: '#bc514b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc514b;
$custom-light: #d6857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc514b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.186,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57125,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC514B

secondary

#99C8CA

accent

#CED552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC514B

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

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