#BC535D#BC535D

#BC535D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.136 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC535D
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 93)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 43.20, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 45.82, 19.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.13 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.136 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8100, 17.6712, 12.4055)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC535D #53BCB2

analogous

#BC5391 #BC535D #BC7D53

triadic

#BC535D #5DBC53 #535DBC

tetradic

#BC535D #91BC53 #53BCB2 #7D53BC

square

#BC535D #91BC53 #53BCB2 #7D53BC

split-complementary

#BC535D #53BC7D #5391BC

monochromatic

#6B2A30 #973B44 #BC535D #CD7F86 #DEABB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BC535D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC535D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC535D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC535D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC535D	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857D5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc535d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.136 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5878a',
    500: '#bc535d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc535d;
$custom-light: #d5878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc535d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57786,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC535D

secondary

#9FCCC8

accent

#D4C854

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC535D

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

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