#BC5357#BC5357

#BC5357 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.136 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5357
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 42.67, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 46.59, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1276 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.136 20)
XYZ	xyz(25.5546, 17.5690, 11.0604)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5357 #53BCB8

analogous

#BC538B #BC5357 #BC8353

triadic

#BC5357 #57BC53 #5357BC

tetradic

#BC5357 #8BBC53 #53BCB8 #8353BC

square

#BC5357 #8BBC53 #53BCB8 #8353BC

split-complementary

#BC5357 #53BC83 #538BBC

monochromatic

#6B2A2C #973B3E #BC5357 #CD7F82 #DEABAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BC5357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BC5357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5357

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5357	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD4255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.136 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58786',
    500: '#bc5357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5357;
$custom-light: #d58786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.17566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5357

secondary

#9FCCCA

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5357

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

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