#BC5159#BC5159

#BC5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5159
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 43.82, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 47.02, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1314 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.138 18)
XYZ	xyz(25.4867, 17.3005, 11.4464)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5159 #51BCB4

analogous

#BC518E #BC5159 #BC7E51

triadic

#BC5159 #59BC51 #5159BC

tetradic

#BC5159 #8EBC51 #51BCB4 #7E51BC

square

#BC5159 #8EBC51 #51BCB4 #7E51BC

split-complementary

#BC5159 #51BC7E #518EBC

monochromatic

#6A292E #963A41 #BC5159 #CD7D83 #DEA9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC5159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5159

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5159	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58687',
    500: '#bc5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5159;
$custom-light: #d58687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57413,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.17297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5159

secondary

#9DCCC8

accent

#D4CB54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5159

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

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