#BC5157#BC5157

#BC5157 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5157
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 43.65, 18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 47.29, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1306 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.138 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4038, 17.2674, 11.0101)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5157 #51BCB6

analogous

#BC518C #BC5157 #BC8151

triadic

#BC5157 #57BC51 #5157BC

tetradic

#BC5157 #8CBC51 #51BCB6 #8151BC

square

#BC5157 #8CBC51 #51BCB6 #8151BC

split-complementary

#BC5157 #51BC81 #518CBC

monochromatic

#6A292C #963A3F #BC5157 #CD7D82 #DEA9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC5157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC5157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5157

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5157	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)

#6A6657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58686',
    500: '#bc5157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5157;
$custom-light: #d58686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.636,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5157

secondary

#9DCCC9

accent

#D4CD54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5157

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

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