#BC5153#BC5153

#BC5153 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.139 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5153
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 43.32, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 47.91, 25.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.129 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.139 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2449, 17.2038, 10.1732)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5153 #51BCBA

analogous

#BC5188 #BC5153 #BC8551

triadic

#BC5153 #53BC51 #5153BC

tetradic

#BC5153 #88BC51 #51BCBA #8551BC

square

#BC5153 #88BC51 #51BCBA #8551BC

split-complementary

#BC5153 #51BC85 #5188BC

monochromatic

#6A292A #963A3B #BC5153 #CD7D7F #DEA9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC5153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC5153 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5153

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5153	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.139 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58683',
    500: '#bc5153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5153;
$custom-light: #d58683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.879,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5153

secondary

#9DCCCB

accent

#D4D254

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5153

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

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