#BC515B#BC515B

#BC515B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC515B
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 91)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 43.99, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 46.78, 19.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1322 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.138 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5718, 17.3346, 11.8948)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC515B #51BCB2

analogous

#BC5190 #BC515B #BC7D51

triadic

#BC515B #5BBC51 #515BBC

tetradic

#BC515B #90BC51 #51BCB2 #7D51BC

square

#BC515B #90BC51 #51BCB2 #7D51BC

split-complementary

#BC515B #51BC7D #5190BC

monochromatic

#6A292F #963A42 #BC515B #CD7D85 #DEA9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC515B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC515B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC515B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC515B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC515B	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc515b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58689',
    500: '#bc515b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc515b;
$custom-light: #d58689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc515b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57459,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC515B

secondary

#9DCCC7

accent

#D4C854

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC515B

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

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