#BC516B#BC516B

#BC516B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.140 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC516B
RGB	rgb(188, 81, 107)
HSL	hsl(345, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(345, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 45.55, 6.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 46.06, 8.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1385 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.14 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3370, 17.6407, 15.9251)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC516B #51BCA2

analogous

#BC51A0 #BC516B #BC6D51

triadic

#BC516B #6BBC51 #516BBC

tetradic

#BC516B #A0BC51 #51BCA2 #6D51BC

square

#BC516B #A0BC51 #51BCA2 #6D51BC

split-complementary

#BC516B #51BC6D #51A0BC

monochromatic

#6A2939 #963A50 #BC516B #CD7D91 #DEA9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC516B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC516B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC516B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC516B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC516B	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66676C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc516b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 81, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.140 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48695',
    500: '#bc516b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc516b;
$custom-light: #d48695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc516b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.421,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57867,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC516B

secondary

#9DCCC0

accent

#D4B554

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBF0F1

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0D

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC516B

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

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