#BC515C#BC515C

#BC515C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC515C
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 92)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 44.08, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 46.68, 19.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1326 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.138 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6152, 17.3519, 12.1235)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC515C #51BCB1

analogous

#BC5191 #BC515C #BC7C51

triadic

#BC515C #5CBC51 #515CBC

tetradic

#BC515C #91BC51 #51BCB1 #7C51BC

square

#BC515C #91BC51 #51BCB1 #7C51BC

split-complementary

#BC515C #51BC7C #5191BC

monochromatic

#6A292F #963A43 #BC515C #CD7D85 #DEA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC515C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC515C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC515C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC515C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC515C	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)

#69665C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc515c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868a',
    500: '#bc515c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc515c;
$custom-light: #d5868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc515c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57482,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC515C

secondary

#9DCCC7

accent

#D4C754

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC515C

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

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