#BC5350#BC5350

#BC5350 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5350
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 42.10, 22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 47.82, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1248 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.137 24)
XYZ	xyz(25.2824, 17.4601, 9.6266)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5350 #50B9BC

analogous

#BC5083 #BC5350 #BC8950

triadic

#BC5350 #50BC53 #5350BC

tetradic

#BC5350 #83BC50 #50B9BC #8950BC

square

#BC5350 #83BC50 #50B9BC #8950BC

split-complementary

#BC5350 #50BC89 #5083BC

monochromatic

#692A28 #963C39 #BC5350 #CD7E7C #DEAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC5350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5350 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5350

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5350	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58781',
    500: '#bc5350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5350;
$custom-light: #d58781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.17457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5350

secondary

#9CCACB

accent

#D1D453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5350

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

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