#BC535B#BC535B

#BC535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.136 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC535B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(355, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 43.02, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 46.05, 20.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1292 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.136 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7226, 17.6362, 11.9450)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC535B #53BCB4

analogous

#BC538F #BC535B #BC8053

triadic

#BC535B #5BBC53 #535BBC

tetradic

#BC535B #8FBC53 #53BCB4 #8053BC

square

#BC535B #8FBC53 #53BCB4 #8053BC

split-complementary

#BC535B #53BC80 #538FBC

monochromatic

#6B2A2F #973B42 #BC535B #CD7F85 #DEABAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC535B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC535B	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)

#6B675B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.136 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58789',
    500: '#bc535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc535b;
$custom-light: #d58789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC535B

secondary

#9FCCC9

accent

#D4CA54

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC535B

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

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