#BC5351#BC5351

#BC5351 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.136 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5351
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 42.18, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 47.63, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% 0.1252 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.136 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3196, 17.4750, 9.8227)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5351 #51BABC

analogous

#BC5185 #BC5351 #BC8851

triadic

#BC5351 #51BC53 #5351BC

tetradic

#BC5351 #85BC51 #51BABC #8851BC

square

#BC5351 #85BC51 #51BABC #8851BC

split-complementary

#BC5351 #51BC88 #5185BC

monochromatic

#6A2A29 #963B3A #BC5351 #CD7F7D #DEAAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC5351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC5351 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5351

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5351	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.136 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58781',
    500: '#bc5351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5351;
$custom-light: #d58781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.121,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57525,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5351

secondary

#9DCBCC

accent

#D2D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5351

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

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