#BC5155#BC5155

#BC5155 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.138 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5155
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 43.48, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 47.59, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.1298 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.138 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3232, 17.2351, 10.5857)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5155 #51BCB8

analogous

#BC518A #BC5155 #BC8251

triadic

#BC5155 #55BC51 #5155BC

tetradic

#BC5155 #8ABC51 #51BCB8 #8251BC

square

#BC5155 #8ABC51 #51BCB8 #8251BC

split-complementary

#BC5155 #51BC82 #518ABC

monochromatic

#6A292B #963A3D #BC5155 #CD7D80 #DEA9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC5155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC5155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5155

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5155	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.138 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58684',
    500: '#bc5155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5155;
$custom-light: #d58684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.757,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57325,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5155

secondary

#9DCCCA

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5155

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

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