#BC516A#BC516A

#BC516A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.139 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC516A
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 106)
HSL	hsl(346, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(346, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 45.45, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 46.04, 9.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% 0.1381 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.139 8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2847, 17.6197, 15.6496)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC516A #51BCA3

analogous

#BC51A0 #BC516A #BC6D51

triadic

#BC516A #6ABC51 #516ABC

tetradic

#BC516A #A0BC51 #51BCA3 #6D51BC

square

#BC516A #A0BC51 #51BCA3 #6D51BC

split-complementary

#BC516A #51BC6D #51A0BC

monochromatic

#6A2938 #963A4F #BC516A #CD7D90 #DEA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC516A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BC516A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC516A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC516A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC516A	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc516a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.139 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48694',
    500: '#bc516a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc516a;
$custom-light: #d48694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc516a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.981,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57839,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC516A

secondary

#9DCCC1

accent

#D4B654

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0D

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC516A

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

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