#BC515D#BC515D

#BC515D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.138 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC515D
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 93)
HSL	hsl(353, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 44.18, 14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 46.58, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.133 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.138 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6592, 17.3695, 12.3552)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC515D #51BCB0

analogous

#BC5192 #BC515D #BC7A51

triadic

#BC515D #5DBC51 #515DBC

tetradic

#BC515D #92BC51 #51BCB0 #7A51BC

square

#BC515D #92BC51 #51BCB0 #7A51BC

split-complementary

#BC515D #51BC7A #5192BC

monochromatic

#6A2930 #963A44 #BC515D #CD7D86 #DEA9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC515D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC515D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC515D

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC515D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC515D	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc515d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.138 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868a',
    500: '#bc515d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc515d;
$custom-light: #d5868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc515d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57506,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC515D

secondary

#9DCCC6

accent

#D4C654

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC515D

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

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