#BC515A#BC515A

#BC515A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.138 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC515A
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 90)
HSL	hsl(355, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 43.91, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 46.90, 20.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.1318 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.138 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5289, 17.3174, 11.6691)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC515A #51BCB3

analogous

#BC5190 #BC515A #BC7D51

triadic

#BC515A #5ABC51 #515ABC

tetradic

#BC515A #90BC51 #51BCB3 #7D51BC

square

#BC515A #90BC51 #51BCB3 #7D51BC

split-complementary

#BC515A #51BC7D #5190BC

monochromatic

#6A292E #963A42 #BC515A #CD7D84 #DEA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC515A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC515A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC515A

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC515A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC515A	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)

#69665A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc515a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.138 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58688',
    500: '#bc515a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc515a;
$custom-light: #d58688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc515a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57436,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC515A

secondary

#9DCCC8

accent

#D4C954

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC515A

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

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