#BC514E#BC514E

#BC514E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.139 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC514E
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(2, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 42.93, 23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 48.86, 28.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.127 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.139 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0588, 17.1294, 9.1929)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC514E #4EB9BC

analogous

#BC4E82 #BC514E #BC884E

triadic

#BC514E #4EBC51 #514EBC

tetradic

#BC514E #82BC4E #4EB9BC #884EBC

square

#BC514E #82BC4E #4EB9BC #884EBC

split-complementary

#BC514E #4EBC88 #4E82BC

monochromatic

#682927 #953B38 #BC514E #CD7D7A #DEA8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC514E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC514E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC514E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC514E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC514E	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc514e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.139 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6857f',
    500: '#bc514e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc514e;
$custom-light: #d6857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc514e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57182,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC514E

secondary

#9BCACB

accent

#D1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC514E

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

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