#BC515F#BC515F

#BC515F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.138 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC515F
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 95)
HSL	hsl(352, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(352, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 44.36, 13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 46.40, 17.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.1338 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.138 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7490, 17.4054, 12.8279)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC515F #51BCAE

analogous

#BC5194 #BC515F #BC7951

triadic

#BC515F #5FBC51 #515FBC

tetradic

#BC515F #94BC51 #51BCAE #7951BC

square

#BC515F #94BC51 #51BCAE #7951BC

split-complementary

#BC515F #51BC79 #5194BC

monochromatic

#6A2931 #963A46 #BC515F #CD7D88 #DEA9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC515F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BC515F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC515F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC515F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC515F	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc515f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.138 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5868c',
    500: '#bc515f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc515f;
$custom-light: #d5868c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc515f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.15,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57554,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC515F

secondary

#9DCCC6

accent

#D4C354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC515F

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

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